IRAQ VOTING PICTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD-Must See Photo Thread

AP ^ | 1/29/05 | Mark Humphrey

[gopwinsin04]

Nashville, Tennessee..

[Nataku X]

A veiled Iraqi woman shows off her finger stained with blue ink and a small card reading 'Elect Iraq (news - web sites)' after she cast her vote in a polling station in Amman, January 30, 2005. Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 25 people in bloody attacks aimed at wrecking the poll. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

[Nataku X]

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi grins while casting his ballot in Baghdad January 30, 2005. Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 25 people in bloody attacks aimed at wrecking the poll. Election commission officials put the turnout at 72 percent. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

[Maigrey]

A veiled Iraqi woman shows off her finger stained with blue ink and a small card reading 'Elect Iraq (news - web sites)' after she cast her vote in a polling station in Amman, January 30, 2005. Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 25 people in bloody attacks aimed at wrecking the poll. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

[Maigrey]

Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, casts his vote at a polling station in Salahaddin, northern Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraqis turned out to vote Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying insurgents who launched deadly suicide bombings and mortar strikes at polling stations. By midday, at least 29 people were dead but the violence had slowed and voting picked up. (AP Photo/Kadir Konuksever)

[Maigrey]

An Iraqi soldier crawls towards a polling station in an act of respect during his country's national elections in eastern Baghdad January 30, 2005. Insurgents threatening an election day bloodbath killed at least 22 people Sunday in a string of bombings and mortar attacks on polling stations in Iraq (news - web sites)'s first multi-party ballot in half a century. REUTERS/Kimo Akal

[Maigrey]

An Iraqi policeman keeps the line of Iraqi women moving as they queue to vote at a polling station in Basra, southern Iraq (news - web sites), in the countrys' first free elections Sunday Jan. 30 2005. (AP Photo/Richard Mills, Pool)

[firerosemom]

This should be FR Post of the Day!

[Maigrey]

Separate lines of men and women at a school polling station in the At Maeel area of Basra, southern Iraq (news - web sites), January 30, 2005, as the country holds its first elections. National turnout in Iraq's historic Jan. 30 elections on Sunday was estimated at 72 percent of registered voters by 1100 GMT, a far higher figure than most expected, the country's Electoral Commission said. Officials told a news conference turnout was 90 percent or more in many Shi'ite areas. REUTERS/Toby Melville

[Maigrey]

Thousands of Iraqis make a pilgrimage to the polling station in Al Alamara, Iraq (news - web sites), January 30, 2005, as the country holds its first elections. Iraqi officials hope for a turnout of at least 50 percent to lend legitimacy to the outcome. Officials expect preliminary results in six to seven days and final results in about 10 days. REUTERS/James Vellacott/Pool

[Maigrey]

An Iraqi woman cries tears of joy after casting her vote, outside a polling station in the holy city of Najaf, January 30, 2005. Insurgents threatening an election day bloodbath killed at least 22 people Sunday in a string of bombings and mortar attacks on polling stations in Iraq (news - web sites)'s first multi-party ballot in half a century. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber

[Maigrey]

An Iraqi crippled man marks his ballot paper while sitting on a donkey cart inside a polling station in the country's second largest city of Basra, January 30, 2005. Insurgents threatening an election day bloodbath killed at least 22 people on Sunday in a string of bombings and mortar attacks on polling stations in Iraq (news - web sites)'s first multi-party ballot in half a century. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

[Maigrey]

Iraqi women wait to enter a polling station in Najaf, some 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Text on the Iraqi flag reads 'vote Iraq (news - web sites)'. Iraqis turned out to vote Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying insurgents who launched deadly suicide bombings and mortar strikes at polling stations. By midday, at least 29 people were dead but the violence had slowed and voting picked up. (AP Photo/Alla al-Marjani)

[Treeless Branch]

The author describes those people as on a "pilgrimage."
Kind of politically incorrect if you ask me.

Speaking of same, why is the MSM not crying about the different lines for men and women? Is that not sexist?

[Maigrey]

Because they secretly wish only those who support their ideas could vote.

In reality, they do such so the ladies can be pat down seperately from the guys.

[Indiana Girl]

An awesome picture at #605. Simply incredible.

[sandalwood]

I thought the same thing - I have been lurking on this thread for two days, but this photo stands out - crawling to the polls to vote?

My God, thank You for granting us the courage to fight for these people! They understand, much better than many of us, how it feels to be free from the oppressors, much like the Jews in ancient times.

God is smiling today!

[COUNTrecount]

Thank you for the magnificent and historic pictures....a treasure for the eyes and heart.

[Huber]

PING!

[nwrep]

[COUNTrecount]

I've bookmarked that picture.Thank you. It seems as if the right handed pointer finger was chosen as the one to be inked.Good choice, Iraq.