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Quotes from the Arab World on the Iraqi Election:
“The irony is the Arab regimes, who criticize the gaps in the (Iraqi) elections and demand they be honest and transparent leading to full democracy for all Iraqis, are themselves banning such elections for their own peoples,” Lebanon’s Al-Anwar newspaper political analyst Rafik Khoury.
“As you can see, we broke a barrier of fear,” electoral commission official Mijm Towirish.
“Iraqis are walking over body parts of a bomber to vote,” Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn, who was making his seventh trip to Iraq. “Clearly more people are voting in this election than vote in our own elections.”
“This is a chance for you as Iraqis to assure your and your children’s future,” Gov. Hamad Hmoud Shagti, of the mostly Sunni province of Salaheddin.
“This is democracy. This is the first day I feel freedom,” Fathiya Mohammed, an elderly woman who voted in the small town of Askan south of Baghdad.
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#2Good question. I'd say it's hard for the MSM to sweep something this huge under the rug.
Vik, you've beaten up on the MSM, rightly so, about a lack of positive coverage on the war in Iraq. From what I've seen, there has been a large amount of positive reporting on the excellent turnout of the Iraqi elections.
How do you feel about coverage so far?