Iraq Election

BBC NEWS


'High turnout' in Iraqi election

Voters had to dip their finger in ink to guard against multiple votingIraqis have voted in large numbers for their first full-term government since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Voting was extended by an hour in some areas because of the high turnout, Iraq's election commission said.


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Michael McCafferty comments:

This is a moral victory for freedom and democracy and a great day for the Iraqi people. At the White House, President Bush called the election a "major milestone in the march to democracy." He congratulated Iraqis for "defying the terrorists and refusing to be cowed into not voting."

The Iraqi election is a giant step in nationhood for the Iraqi people.