IRAQIS VOTE FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT! (PICTURES)

AP Wire ^ | 12/13/05

[LS]

I agree. I'm just saying, some people here think these people will love us the way the Taiwanese do.

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[gopwinsin04]

They've got another 2 days worth of purple pictures to go!

[sully777]

December 15, 1791 The Commonwealth of Virginia voted for ratifying The Bill of Rights thus making the Bill of Right the law of the United States of America.

December 13, 2003 Saddam Hussein is captured and imprisoned by Coalition Forces.

December 15, 2005 Iraqi elections.

[sully777]

Is the guy flashing the photographer a victory sign, or the british equivalent of the bird? I'm wondering as I peer into his facial expression.

[Alice au Wonderland]

That clip was the best part of last night's news!

[Alice au Wonderland]

A child's questions: While watching coverage of Iraqi's here in the states voting for a permanent Iraqi government, one of my children asked, "Does this mean that these people will be leaving America and returning to Iraq? I mean, why vote for a govt. in a country that you aren't going to live in?"

They were good questions, and neither the hubby nor I had good answers.

Does anyone on this thread have the answers?

Thanks.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Thanks.

[farlander]

This *absolutely* made my DAY! I'm keeping this one for posterity.

[gopwinsin04]

I think they are citizens of Iraqi heritage, which may mean they are going to school-- getting an MBA or other graduate work in the USA before returning home. (just a guess)

[Cecily]

That picture is great.

[KevinDavis]

Thank you... I figure our founding fathers is with the Iraqis in spirit..

[Alice au Wonderland]

I sincerely doubt that the "go to hell" lady, who could not have been a day younger than 70 years of age, was a student here.

Hmmmmm.

[blackie]

Let Freedom Reign ~ Bump!

[jdm]

"Hey look who voted too!!!! Oh wait, that's not..."

What is that on his finger? I'm going to read between the lines. Disgusting!

[jw777]

Sure looks like being greeted as Liberators, to me!

[NYer]

Iraqi Chaldean (Iraqi Catholic) expatriate Amira Vajoka shows her purple ink-stained finger as she casts her absentee ballot for the Iraqi election at a polling station in Farmington Hills, Michigan December 13, 2005. Vajoka is one of 240,000 Iraqi-Americans eligible to vote for postwar Iraq's first full-term parliament. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

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[NYer]

Iraqi Kurd expatriate Zian Karim (L) holds up her purple stained finger as her husband Salah watches her prepare to cast her absentee ballot in Iraq's election at a polling station in Farmington Hills, Michigan December 13, 2005. Karim and her husband are two of 240,000 Iraqi's in the U.S. elegible to vote for Iraq's first parliament since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

An Iraqi woman shows her finger covered with purple ink before casting her absentee vote for the Iraqi parliamentary elections, at a Polling Station in Damascus.(AP Photo / Bassem Tellawi)

After casting his ballot in the Iraqi parliamentary election, Sabah Alrabiey helps his daughter, Batool, 3, dip her finger in the purple ink used to identify those who have voted on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005 in Nashville, Tenn. Hundreds of Iraqi expatriates filed into a vacant Nashville warehouse Tuesday in the first of three days of voting. Nashville is one of seven U.S. sites where voting is taking place. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)