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Originally Posted by sodascouts
Of course this guy views the election as a failure - the Sunnis lost power!
Finally, the majority can rule in Iraq.
How about these quotes, culled from an article on the CNN.com site: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.main/
"This is the greatest day in the history of this country," Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie told CNN.
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Initial reports indicated voter turnout appeared to be higher than expected, even in Sunni-majority areas where insurgent attacks have occurred on a near daily basis.
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Adnan Pachachi, a Sunni member of the former Iraqi Governing Council who had advocated a delay in the vote, said turnout in cities such as Mosul and Falluja "has been far greater than we had expected. "
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Interim President Ghazi al-Yawar was among the first to vote Sunday in Baghdad.
"Deep in my heart, I feel that Iraqis deserve free elections," al-Yawar said after casting his ballot. "All Iraqis are winners today. There are no losers." |
Nancy, if you think the troubles in Iraq are over now that the Shiites are back in power you are sadly mistaken. Apparently you think things are now going to be ok? I have the sneaking suspicion that things are now going to get progressively worse. The insurgency will respond, I fear, with even MORE terrorism.
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The Sunni response to the results of the vote is likely to be a crucial factor in whether the election ultimately helps curb Iraq's insurgency and hastens the withdrawal of 152,000 American troops. But their first reaction was bleak: Low turnout in Sunni neighborhoods and cities suggested they may have little say in Iraq's 275-member Transitional National Assembly.
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