Official: Voter Turnout in Iraq Is Mixed

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN
Associated Press Writer
Voting in Iraq's predominantly Shiite Muslim south was very high in Saturday's constitutional referendum, but turnout in Anbar, the mostly Sunni Arab province where insurgents are active, was low because of fears of violence, a U.N. official said.

Carina Perelli, director of the Electoral Assistance Division of the United Nations, said she had not yet heard about voting in the heavily Kurdish areas of northern Iraq.

"The report that we have right now basically is the voting in the south is ... extremely high," Perelli told The Associated Press just after the polls closed at 5 p.m.

"The early indication is that the voting Anbar is extremely low because of the special circumstance of that province," she said.

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[stepnw1f]

1. What a Joke....

How many billions did Bush blow for this?

[nevergiveup]

2. 200 Billion dollars + 2000 American lives +10,000 wounded

and on and on and on and on.