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.

[mdittmar]

or a Senator,or were you referring to ted"the swimmer"kennedy?

[hineybona]

I can just picture what these loosers look lik efor some reason..nothing lower than someone stabbing his own kind in the back..Joke is they'd be the 1st to sue the govy if they ever got hurt in a terrorist attack.Bet half them are on the public tit one way or another.

[Ethan_Allen1777]

5th suicide bombing 12:57 am PST. ..Fox News 1 killed, 5 injured.

Was that a human that was killed or just the terrorist?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Prayers for your son....

[dervish]

Stay safe and Thank You. Easy on those jalapenos.

[mfccinsd]

Switched to CNN while Fox has been on yet more video (hoping Shep will come back at the top of the hour).

So there were two banners that caught my eye:

Widespread bloodshed through Iraq

7 killed

So either they are hearing a whole lot of injuries that weren't fatalities, or they have a very different view of "widespread bloodshed" b/c it sure seems like that is WAY less than people were fearing.

Anyway, given the number of "events" they seem to be reporting on, I'd say 7 isn't bad at all...7 too many, but with all these "attacks" they are hyping...seems it could have been far higher.

[faithincowboys]

Yeah, that lasted a couple of minutes. Most of the airtime is rebroadcasting Al Jazeera's nuttiness and going from calamity to calamity...never finding a feel good story. AMessNBC is run by a Clintonista and Kerry is due up on Meet the Press later this morning, thus all NBCers are committed to providing "everything is going to sh*t" coverage.

[goldstategop]

Not much success. They hope to kill hundreds and there's 1 casualty? Al Zarqawi is expanding manpower on a pointless errand. Talk about dying for nothing!

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

[Pro-Bush]

lol...good question. I dunno.

[stlnative]

That picture is of a Michigan Iraqi girl taken in Michigan right after we took Bagdad.

[mfccinsd]

FNC guy on the ground saying there have been attacks, but the insurgents have been unsucessful.

5 suicide bombs.
12 killed so far
NO US soldiers killed or injured still at this point.

[goldstategop]

I think its just the terrorist insurgent who blew up. :) Like I said, dying for nothing!

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

[Pro-Bush]

Elections are big success!!!!

[BigSkyFreeper]

I say let Kerry rant and rave. The more he talks, the more of a horse's ass he makes himself out to be.

[BurbankKarl]

someone ping me if they see Uma Pumaraju blink.

[Jet Jaguar]

Thank you. I have loved that picture since I first saw it 2 or 3 years ago.

Thanks for the explanation. I am glad she is in the U.S.

[Larry Lucido]

God bless you in your efforts and keep you safe!

[SeaBiscuit]

"Talk about peer pressure!! If you haven't voted, it's obvious, and if you have, it's obvious."

LOL, I hadn't thought of that, but your right, wow that IS pressure!

[mdittmar]

Our guys pulled back,this is an Iraqi election.

[goldstategop]

And they're getting weaker as the day wears on. I think now we won't see a bloodbath. Al Zarqawi may hate democracy but he's too much of a coward to sacrifice his own life to destroy it.

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