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8 die as Iraqis defy violence to vote
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writers Mar 7, 2:16 AM EST
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqis voted Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed eight people across the capital with a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the day.
About 19 million Iraqis are eligible to vote in the election which will determine who will lead the country as U.S. forces go home and whether the country will be able to overcome the jagged sectarian divisions that have defined Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Insurgents who vowed to disrupt the elections - which they see as validating the Shiite-led government and the U.S. occupation - launched a volley of mortar attacks just as polls opened across the city and country.
The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - AP NEWS
It doesn't Matter who you are... What Side you Claim in the "Debate"...
peace...
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writers Mar 7, 2:16 AM EST
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqis voted Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed eight people across the capital with a barrage of mortars intent on disrupting the day.
About 19 million Iraqis are eligible to vote in the election which will determine who will lead the country as U.S. forces go home and whether the country will be able to overcome the jagged sectarian divisions that have defined Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Insurgents who vowed to disrupt the elections - which they see as validating the Shiite-led government and the U.S. occupation - launched a volley of mortar attacks just as polls opened across the city and country.
The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - AP NEWS
It doesn't Matter who you are... What Side you Claim in the "Debate"...
peace...
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