AP: Iraqis Vote in Election, 17 Die in Attacks (3 suicide bombings so far)

[diamond14]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_THE_VOTE?SITE=AKFAI&SECTION=HOME

Jan 30, 3:51 AM EST

Iraqis Vote in Election, 17 Die in Attacks

By HAMZA HENDAWI
Associated Press Writer

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century and insurgents made good on threats of violence, launching three deadly suicide bombings and mortar strikes at polling stations across Iraq. At least 17 people were killed, including five policemen.

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In a potentially troublesome sign, however, the polls were deserted in heavily Sunni cities like Fallujah, Ramadi and Samarra west and north of Baghdad. Sunni extremists, fearing victory by the Shiites, have called for a boycott, claiming no vote held under U.S. military occupation is legitimate.

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In restive Mosul in the north, American troops and Iraqi soldiers roamed the streets, using loudspeakers to announce the locations of polling sites and urging people to vote. But streets were deserted.

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In the most deadly attack Sunday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a polling station in western Baghdad, killing himself, three policemen and a civilian, officials said. Witness Faleh Hussein said the bomber approached a line of voters and detonated an explosives belt. Six people were also injured.

In a second suicide attack at a school in western Baghdad, three people and the bomber died, police said. And in a third suicide mission, at a polling center in a western part of Baghdad, one policemen and the bomber died, police said.

Also, three people were killed when mortars landed near a polling station in Sadr City, the heart of Baghdad's Shiite Muslim community. Seven to eight others were wounded, police said. In addition, two people were killed when a mortar round missed a school serving as a polling center and hit a nearby home in southwestern Baghdad, said police Capt. Mohammed Taha. Another policeman was killed in a mortar attack on a polling station in Khan al-Mahawil, south of Baghdad.



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[twaddler01]

1. more updates to come...

This is an update from the previous postings that keep coming in...

Don't worry, there will be more deaths (((sigh)))



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1196062

[DeaconBlues]

2. the talking heads on Fox are giggling over the amount of causalties

they are saying they are a small price to pay in order to bring the free market to Iraq

[twaddler01]

4. i would be surprised

if they didn't say something like that

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[diamond14]

6. bushites always laugh when they dupe people to their deaths...

the HUGE sums of OUR tax money spent enticing these people to vote, in a very DANGEROUS life-threatening situation....it's criminal really...duped to DIE, just to hype bush* war-profiteering and promulgate bush* "Public Relations Campaign for the America People" (so WE think there actually is an Iraq election).....


bush and his minions are pathetic....criminals really, the whole lot of them....

[twaddler01]

13. simple

and explains the situation there...

how sad!

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[Spinzonner]

3. What's the record we're shooting for ?

[ElectroPrincess]

5. Just heard the talking head CNN cheerleader state that

there have been FIVE (5x) separate suicide bombings since the polls have been open. However, fear not citizen, he didn't even miss a beat to also categorically state that the Iraqi's remain unafraid.

What propaganda! B rated beyond belief.

[rodeodance]

8. cnn said there was another suicide attach-the 6th (some killed) outside

a polling place

[high density]

7. MSNBC/Reuters: "6th Suicide attack, eastern Baghdad polling place"

From the TV, No more info...

[twaddler01]

9. anybody to add any more to the pool?

I bet we will have more tomorrow...

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[rodeodance]

11. Geraldo Rivera is chatting with Ahmed Chalabi--say "nice talking

to you buddy" He is in Iraq-surrounded by US troops.

[theresistance]

10. No matter what happens in Iraq, the media will

declare things like "historic elections" and "Iraqis are voting..." Because technically its true. Iraqis will be voting (no matter what the percentage is) and the elections may be "historic" depending what their twisted definition is. Just expect false propaganda. As for PoxNews, well they can just get lost...

[twaddler01]

12. true true

good point :)

[rodeodance]

14. Sixth attack kills six people

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12098532%255E1702,00.html

Sixth attack kills six people
From correspondents in Bghdad
30jan05

A SUICIDE bomber killed at least six people in a queue outside a polling station in eastern Baghdad today in the sixth suicide attack on voting centres in the capital during the election......