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Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread.
All of us | Jan 29 2005 | Various Freepers

Posted on 01/29/2005 4:03:31 PM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christianityno; iraqielection; iraqifreedom; iraqivote; keywordfreak; nomorechristianity; postwariraq; rebuildingiraq; religionofpeace; suckittedkennedy; theamericansoldier; ultimatesacrifice
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To: SeaBiscuit

One of he interesting comments hours ago on Fox was an Arab reporter who was saying his colleagues were impressed...and that this is going to carry to other Arab countries...

hehe.


2,281 posted on 01/30/2005 1:26:29 AM PST by Keith (NOW, MORE THAN EVER....IT'S ABOUT THE JUDGES!)
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To: Southack

Well, I like anything that really socks it to the leftist negative doom-and-gloomers.

We still will have a great election that is a big success.


2,282 posted on 01/30/2005 1:26:45 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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To: rwfromkansas

There are a lot of us still hanging around this thread.....I've been preparing staying up the last several nights watching the Australian Open Tennis Tournament....


2,283 posted on 01/30/2005 1:28:18 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; faithincowboys

Thanks guys. Yes I am very proud of him and pray and hope that this year goes by quickly and with the blessings of God again.


2,284 posted on 01/30/2005 1:29:01 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: rwfromkansas

These Iraqi's who died today probably will not be forgotten since they were there to vote during this very historic day in Iraq (and the world). They will probably be honored at some point in the future in Iraq.


2,285 posted on 01/30/2005 1:29:02 AM PST by stlnative
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To: SeaBiscuit
What many leftists don't realize is that many of the Clymers we're now fighting in Iraq will get called home when that starts all over the rest of the Middle East to save the local tyrant's bacon.
2,286 posted on 01/30/2005 1:29:41 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Don't get eliminated!" - MXC)
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To: rwfromkansas

Had to work tonight and have not had a chance to catch up on this thread, but when I turned on the TV and Fox was at commercial, I turned to MSNBC and it was all talk of gloom & doom and failure, turned to CNN and they were quite positive. Has this been a trend tonight???


2,287 posted on 01/30/2005 1:30:19 AM PST by Primetimedonna
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To: goldstategop
The driving ban also affected the rebels...

Why the hell would a suicide terrorist give a rats ass about a driving ban?

He's gonna die,why would he care?

2,288 posted on 01/30/2005 1:30:21 AM PST by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve to keep us free)
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To: mfccinsd

I'd like to know how many Americans were murdered on election day here in the USA, how many will be murdered today in America ?


2,289 posted on 01/30/2005 1:30:38 AM PST by freepersup (find the enemy... destroy the enemy... remain vigilant)
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To: Dog
it also occurs to me that this election represents the consummation of the president's "plan to win the piece", something that moron from Massachusetts insisted that the president didn't have . . . .
2,290 posted on 01/30/2005 1:30:39 AM PST by smonk
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To: baseball_fan

"I doubt any terrorists or insurgents have blue fingers... it might be a clue?!"

AHa! The old blue finger ploy to weed out the terrorists and shoot them dead ploy.

/Closueau

lol


2,291 posted on 01/30/2005 1:31:01 AM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Keith
One of he interesting comments hours ago on Fox was an Arab reporter who was saying his colleagues were impressed...and that this is going to carry to other Arab countries...

hehe.

Bite your tongue before you cause a mass suicide with Ted Kennedy leading the way.

2,292 posted on 01/30/2005 1:31:17 AM PST by kcvl
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To: Primetimedonna

CNN has been (from what I've seen) FAR more positive than MSNBC overall. Definitely still a whole different picture on CNN than FNC...but also very different from CNN to MSNBC. CNN has been my commercial/repeated video segment alternative this evening when Fox isn't saying much.


2,293 posted on 01/30/2005 1:31:52 AM PST by mfccinsd
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Let Freedom Ring PING!

Let Freedom Ring bookmark!

I'm watching, and taping, this historic event. Seeing the faces of the ecstatic Iraqis has made me grab the Kleenex box to have it handy......my eyes keep leaking.
Those people have waited a long time for today; a day they only dreamed of for decades.

My thanks to all the military men and women who made this day possible, for giving the Iraqis the gift of Freedom.
I'd say the voter turn out despite the threats of violence is probably the biggest "Thank you" our Armed Forces could receive.

2,294 posted on 01/30/2005 1:31:57 AM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: brigette

Why just there? Who's saying we can't do it here at FR at one of next major events even if we don't have their names.


2,295 posted on 01/30/2005 1:32:36 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Don't get eliminated!" - MXC)
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To: bahblahbah
""I don't have a job. I hope the new government will give me a job," said one voter, Rashi Ayash, 50, a former lieutenant colonel in the Iraqi force. "I voted for the rule of law.""

LOL I wondered who would be the first to pick up on that.

A former lieutenant colonel without a job? Someone draft him into the army.

I don't know about the army. If they have not picked him up yet, evidently he is not worthy and/or trust worthy.

Maybe he can be a thrash collector.

2,296 posted on 01/30/2005 1:32:43 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Keith
One of the interesting comments hours ago on Fox was an Arab reporter who was saying his colleagues were impressed...and that this is going to carry to other Arab countries...

I'm hoping for too much, but this could be the start of a long-needed cultural change. This election is the first time many people have seen political freedom in action.

2,297 posted on 01/30/2005 1:33:00 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (Lurking since 1997!)
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To: Primetimedonna

The only news channel I have is CNN. I haven't kept up with everything they have reported, but I've seen a number of positive stories.


2,298 posted on 01/30/2005 1:33:10 AM PST by moonpie57 (Fred Howell McMurray, Jr...The man on my POW bracelet)
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To: mfccinsd

Thanks! Since I've ben home not much actual analysis from Fox...what is their take?


2,299 posted on 01/30/2005 1:33:58 AM PST by Primetimedonna
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To: Wilhelm Tell
The election has ripped to shreds the paternalist view Arabs aren't ready for democracy. Its not going to remake the Middle East overnight but its already a milestone. So what were realists like Brent Scowcroft telling us - a vote would usher in a period of civil war? I think that looks like an unlikely specter now.

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

2,300 posted on 01/30/2005 1:36:19 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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