Vote story

Reuters:

Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 33 people in bloody attacks aimed at wrecking the poll.

Voters, some ululating with joy, others hiding their faces in fear, cast ballots in higher-than-expected numbers in their first multi-party election in half a century.

Election officials estimated the turnout at 72 percent, a figure that -- if confirmed -- would enhance the legitimacy of a national assembly that will choose Iraq's new leaders. But in parts of Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland, where the insurgency has been bloodiest, some streets and polling stations were deserted.

Militants struck mainly in Baghdad, rocking the capital with nine suicide blasts in rapid succession. The Iraqi wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility.

Do the liberal Democrats still claim that al Qaeda is not operating in Iraq? Do they really think retreating in the face of a waek al Qaeda attack is the way to win the war on terror?

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