Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread.

All of us | Jan 29 2005 | Various Freepers

[Dog]

It is now 3 am in Iraq the polls will be opening in the next few hours as the world watches and hold's it breath. Iraq is about to undertake a historic vote.

Lets wish them well....... please post all comments and election photos to this thread.

[txhurl]

You don't count Afghanistan?

[faithincowboys]

Nope, it's 25 million.

[Aria]

well i was including Aghanistan....that is the number I've heard a time or two..

[FreeReign]

Sadr City Polling Station

Good to see the lines in Sadr City.

Isn't that one of the Iraqi cities we didn't nuke?

[BigSkyFreeper]

The Daley mob knows NO shame!!!! ROFL

[Txsleuth]

I heard that Bush went on Iraqi TV the other day and gave them the message that he hopes they all vote, and how he is proud of all they have done--not sure exactly what he said, but it was something like that---

[Right_in_Virginia]

I'm elated because the Iraqis are voting. When the polls first opened no one was there...but, they're coming...they're coming!

[BigSkyFreeper]

WOO WOO!!! Allawi just cast his VOTE!!

[nola61]

My Husband and I held hands and prayed over this historical moment for FREEDOM!! The seeds have been planted! God bless these brave Iraqi men and WOMEN!! Rock on Sisters!!

[Allegra]

Good morning. Calling in from Baghdad Province with 3% of the precincts reporting…we have enough of a tally to declare that Saddam Hussein is projected the winner again…

Oh, wait….{heh!}…that’s the script from the last time there was an election here….

We’ll ummmmm….get back to you after we’ve corrected this technical glitch….

[Darkwolf377]

form the DU thread title: "Wow, FOX/CNN live coverage of the Iraq election is pathetic." They seem really pissed over there :-D "

THAT is their reaction to history being made? The TV coverage is bad?

Everyone here should copy your post and paste it into a word document titled "The DUmmies in the face of history" or something.

I know we have a TV-aimed public but my god!

[TexKat]

An Iraqi woman raises her hands as she gets searched before entering a polling station in the southern city of Basra, January 30, 2005. Iraq's first multiparty polls in half a century began at dawn on Sunday, elections intended to unite the country but which could instead foment sectarian strife and which insurgents have vowed to turn into a bloodbath. REUTERS/Atef Hassan

An Iraqi woman smiles after dipping her finger to ink, before casting her ballot in a polling station in Baghdad, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005.Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying threats of violence from insurgents vowing to sabotage the balloting. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)

An Iraqi woman prepares to vote after dipping her finger in ink at al-Kadhmiya polling station in Baghdad, January 30, 2005. Iraq's first multiparty polls in half a century began at dawn on Sunday, elections intended to unite the country but which could instead foment sectarian strife and which insurgents have vowed to turn into a bloodbath. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

[NorCalRepub]

i thought he was a convert.........

[SeaBiscuit]

Keep those prayers coming!!!

[minus_273]

just looked at DU threads and they seems to be posting some really bloody pictures and hoping for blood shed there is even an official "iraq violence " thread.

[faithincowboys]

Lay off Christy Lane. She is a great lady... a big supporter of the troops.

[A Citizen Reporter]

And we had one Senator from Minnesota close up his office and RUN from fear. An elected official who couldn't manage to stay on the job. Guess being a Senator is a lot different than inheriting the Dayton-Hudson fortune.

[goldstategop]

The terrorist insurgents have been pathetic so far. Their threats haven't fazed people and its awesome to see ordinary people realizing they have the power to take their country back from those bent upon its destruction. President Bush's faith in the power of freedom has already been shown today.

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

[Right_in_Virginia]

Wonderful sentiment in post 1,578 ;-)

[LittleJohnnyEdwards]

Well I would call Afghanistan a mix between Asia and Middle East.Oh by the way i'm from Texas also.