UPDATE 5-Huge Turnout In Tunisia's Arab Spring Election

Reuters ^ | 23 Oct 2011 | Tarek Amara and Christian Lowe

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TUNIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Tunisian voters poured into polling stations to vote on Sunday in their country's first free election, 10 months after a vegetable seller set fire to himself in an act of protest that started the Arab Spring uprisings.

The leader of an Islamist party predicted to win the biggest share of the vote was heckled outside a polling station by people shouting "terrorist" -- highlighting tensions between Islamists and secularists that are also being felt in other countries touched by the Arab Spring.

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"I'm not so optimistic about the result of the vote," said Ziyed Tijiani, a 26-year-old architect who had just cast his vote. His forefinger was stained with the blue ink used in polling stations to stop ballot fraud.

"I think the Islamists could win. It's not want I want. They may try to change the way I live," he said, accompanied by a young woman dressed who was in jeans and T-shirt.

Understatement of the year.

[Azeem]

If Tunisia is lost to Islam, it will be another legacy for the King President Obama. They already control Algeria, Libya is on its way, and Egypt is falling. Morocco will be next. Hardline Islamic nations will stretch from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea to the Atlantic ocean.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

The Islamists have won, thanks to the helping and guiding hand of America destroyer, POTUS Barack Hussein Obama!!! And...yes folks, things are going to get worse for the USA, not only in the Middle East but across the world!!! How’s that “hope & change” working out for you folks???

[Starboard]

Most forecasts are that Ennahda will not have enough seats for a majority of its own in the assembly, forcing it to seek a coalition which will dilute the Islamists' influence.

It all depends on what the meaning of the word 'coalition' is. I think the Islamists have their own definition for that word and it means "my way or the highway".

[Mouton]

“I think the Islamists have their own definition for that word and it means “my way or the highway”.”

Funny, just like our head islamist here in the US, Barack Hussein Obama.

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OBAMA`S MUSLIM SPRING, UNFOLDING AS PLANNED:

Islamist party Ennahda is expected to win the most votes, though it is not clear if it will gain a majority.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15416702

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[onedoug]

...secularists....

In the Middle East? Sure. That´ll work.