An Iraqi woman votes for the constitutional referendum at a polling station in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, October 15, 2005.
Posted on 10/14/2005 9:28:53 PM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Voting has begun in Iraq's historic constitutional referendum.
Yes indeed!! Go Iraq go!!
AMEN!
Purple finger Bump !!!!
Insurgents Launch Several Attacks During Iraq's Referendum
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The Associated Press
Published: Oct 15, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents attacked three polling stations in Baghdad during Iraq's constitutional referendum on Saturday, wounding two policemen and a civilian, police said.
Violence also occurred in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad, and near the southern city of Basra. No injuries were immediately reported.
In the first attack in Iraq's capital, a roadside bomb exploded near a polling station in western Baghdad as it opened at 7 a.m., wounding two policemen, said police Lt. Mohammed Kheyon. No voters had yet arrived, he said.
At 8:30 a.m., a small rocket exploded near a polling station in northern Baghdad, slightly wounding one civilian, said police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud.
A mortar round also fell near a Baghdad polling station at 9 a.m., but it did not explode, said police Maj. Falah al-Mhamadawi.
In Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, fighting erupted at about 7 a.m. between a small group of insurgents and U.S. troops patrolling the mostly empty streets, said police 1st. Lt. Mohammed Al-Obaidi. No injuries were immediately reported.
South of Basra, three armed men attacked an empty polling station at 3 a.m. The three were arrested, said police Capt. Mushtaq Kadim.
Sunni-led insurgents had vowed to wreck Saturday's referendum at about 6,000 polling stations across Iraq. In the 19 days before the voting, nearly 450 people were killed by insurgents using suicide car bombs, roadside bombs and drive-by shootings.
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Dateline Camp Victory, Baghdad
Coffee is on,
People are voting
one incoming
One out going...
SERE_Doc's son back from patrol and safe
Life is good
AMEN
Best news so far.
............fingers crossed here
The best ones never do...lol
No doubt, an "Act of God".
An Iraqi woman votes for the constitutional referendum at a polling station in the holy city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, October 15, 2005.
Yep. :0)
I have a feeling the Man above is working a little extra duty today in Iraq.
Prayers are being answered... :)
An Iraqi policeman casts his ballot in the constitutional referendum in Baghdad October 15, 2005.
I will sleep well tonight with these images knowing that the Iraqis are going to have a chance at a freedom that we have all know since birth. God Bless them.
An Iraqi family allows their kids to drop their ballots into a box in Basra, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15 2005.
An elderly Iraqi man in a wheelchair holds his ink colored finger up after voting in Iraq's constitution referendum in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15 2005.
A Shi'ite cleric casts his ballot in a constitutional referendum in Baghdad October 15, 2005.
An elderly Iraqi man gets his finger marked with ink before voting in Iraq's constitution referendum, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Oct. 15 2005.
An Iraqi man inks his finger after voting 'NO' in the constitutional referendum in the town of Falluja, 50km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, October 15, 2005.
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