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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.
Yes, Allawi appears to be a good and fair-minded leader. I'm sure there's more trouble ahead, but Iraq getting a constitution and holding the first truly democratic vote is a wonderful thing.
Gosh, I'm tearing up, and I never cry!
Captain Lyle Shackelford
Battalion Chaplain
HHD, 57th Transportation Battalion
As a transportation battalion, my unit will be delivering the voting machines and the ballots to villages and cities throughout Iraq during the upcoming elections. (January 30/31) Our convoys are prime targets for the insurgents because they do not want the equipment to arrive at
the polling stations nor do they want the local Iraqi citizens to have the chance to vote; timely delivery must occur so that the elections occur.
Encourage your friends and family members and those within our churches to pray specifically for the electoral process. Historically, the previous totalitarian regime would not allow individual citizens to vote. Democracy will not be realized in Iraq if intelligent and competent officials are not elected to those strategic leadership positions within the emerging government; freedom will not have an opportunity to ring throughout this country if the voting process fails.
Announce this prayer request to your contacts throughout your churches, neighborhoods, and places of business. Those with leadership roles within the local church post this message in as many newsletters and bulletins as possible. There is unlimited potential for God's presence in this process but if we do not pray then our enemy will prevail (See Ephesians 6:10-17).
A prayer vigil prior to the end of the month may be an innovative opportunity for those within your sphere of influence to pray. This is a political battle that needs spiritual intervention. A powerful story about God's intervention in the lives of David's mighty men is recorded in 2 Samuel 23:8-33. David and his warriors were victorious because of God's intervention. We want to overcome those who would stand in the way of freedom.
David's mighty men triumphed over incredible odds and stood their ground and were victorious over the enemies of Israel. (Iraqi insurgents' vs God's praying people). They don't stand a chance.
I will pray with my soldiers before they leave on their convoys and move outside our installation gates here at Tallil. My soldiers are at the nerve center of the logistic operation to deliver the voting machines and election ballots. They will be driving to and entering the arena of the enemy. This is not a game for them it is a historical
mission that is extremely dangerous. No voting machines or ballots. No elections. Your prayer support and God's intervention are needed to give democracy a chance in this war torn country. Thank you for reading this e-mail. Please give this e-mail a wide dissemination.
Thank you for your prayer support for me and my family. Stand firm in your battles.
Blessings,
Lyle
Captain Lyle Shackelford
Battalion Chaplain
HHD, 57th Transportation Battalion
Providing With Mobility "Keep Em Moving"
vernon.lyle.shackelford@us.army.mil
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be
discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
-Joshua 1:9
Thank you. I'm here.
Iraqi immigrants sing songs after boarding a bus in El Cajon for a 100 mile tripe north to vote in the first independent election in their homeland in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Iraqi immigrant, Raya Nawoom, left, of San Deigo, Calif. hugs her uncle Ronnie Nawoom after her bus ride from El Cajon to vote in the first independent election in their homeland in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Maryann Betty, 20, right, of San Diego, Calif., dyes her finger before casting her ballot after riding the bus from El Cajon, Calif., to vote in the first independent election in their homeland in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Iraqi immigrants with the Assyrian Christian Society, Nadia Khoshaba, third from left, from Phoenix, Ariz., is hugged by Mona Oshana, second left, after casting their votes in the Iraqi election at the former El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. Overseas voting continues through Sunday, which is Election Day in Iraq itself. At left is friend Jacklin Mushi, and at right is David Sargon. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Iraqi expatriate Sumaya Al-Kanani (R), who resides in Lincoln, Nebraska, looks on as her husband Zeki casts his ballot during the second day of voting in Rosemont, Illinois January 29, 2005. Iraqi expatriates braved long trips and frigid weather to cast their votes across the United States on Friday and Saturday. Those who were born in Iraq or have a father from there and are over 18 are eligible to vote for a slate of political parties of candidates who will form a transitional national assembly to write a new constitution for the country. REUTERS/Frank Polich
Iraqi expatriot Wajiha Abbas, who resides in Arlington, Texas, casts her ballot during the second day of voting in Rosemont, Illinois January 29, 2005. Iraqi expatriates braved long trips and frigid weather to cast their votes across the United States on Friday and Saturday. Those who were born in Iraq or have a father from there and are over 18 are eligible to vote for a slate of political parties of candidates who will form a transitional national assembly to write a new constitution for the country. REUTERS/Frank Polich
Iraqi immigrants Wisam Jabardi of Phoenix, Arizona, far left, with his son Mustafa Jabardi 14, center, and Hussan Al-Huusairawai, right, celebrate before voting by absentee ballot in Iraq's election at the former El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. Overseas voting continues through Sunday, which is Election Day in Iraq itself. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Faleh Aldragi, an Iraqi immigrant studies a voting ballot during the bus ride from El Cajon to vote in the first independent Iraqi election in nearly 50 years at the former El Toro Marine Air Station in Irvine, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005. The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. The The voting end Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A police officer searches a car behind concrete barricades as Iraqis arrive to vote on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005 in Nashville, Tenn. The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq is allowing Iraqi immigrants living in 14 countries to vote by absentee ballot. Overseas voting continues through Sunday, Jan. 30, in five U.S. cities. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
An Iraqi woman living in Turkey reads election documents as she holds her baby before casting her ballot at an election center in Istanbul January 28, 2005. Nearly two thirds of registered voters are expected to have cast their vote after the second day of absentee balloting in Iraq's election, organizers said on Saturday. 'I believe by the end of today it is likely that we will be close to two thirds of those who registered having participated in the vote with one day still to go,' said Peter Erben, head of the Iraq out-of-country voting program run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Fatih Saribas/Reuters
Vielen Dank!
I never realized how incredibly moving this would be.
Shame on me for looking at it as only an important political event, and not seeing the strong, deeply-felt emotions that this election would embody.
Thank you President Bush, and thank you to our military for bringing these moments to the world; even to those who refuse to acknowledge them.
:-)
it is the super bowl
and defense wins super bowls
insurgebts will look pretty limp on monday
IMHO
'Insurgents' my butt. They're Kennedys, if you ask me. :o)
"Pinging my peps.
Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread"
Bump
Seventy-year-old Iraqi exile Mehsin Imgoter holds his voting ballot up and begins to weep before putting it in the voting box in the Detroit suburb of Southgate, Michigan
And thanks you to our allies!
Wishing the Iraqi people prayers and the best of luck!
(Christine Gregoire has an early lead, however.)
Good luck with democracy, IRAQ. It's not perfect, but if it weren't worth the challenge, then the evil doers wouldn't be trying to keep you from it.
There are no insurgents. Just terrorists.
My #93. Beat me to it! (grin)
Bitte.
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