Friday, October 14, 2005

Iraqi Constitutional Referendum voting begins

Filed under: World Scene by Mac Powell at 11:22 pm UTC

History in the making as the polls for the Iraqi Constitutional Referendum open…Chester and Bareknuckle Politics will be live-blogging it tonight.

I pray everything goes well.

Update (Chad):
I might live-blog it, but there’s a game I’ve got to watch in the morning and it just might not be as fun watching the game while I’m half-asleep. I too pray everything goes well, but I’m convinced it will. Mac, you’re not doing anything tomorrow. Why not stay up all night? Heh.

Update (Mac) 10/15: The polls closed minutes ago (10 am EST):

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s deeply divided Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds voted at heavily guarded polling stations across the country Saturday, deciding whether to support a new constitution aimed at establishing democracy after more than two decades of Saddam Hussein’s repressive rule.

Insurgents attacked five of Baghdad’s 1,200 polling stations with shootings and bombs, wounding seven voters, but there were no major attacks reported as U.S. and Iraqi forces clamped down with major security measures around balloting sites. As polls closed at 10 a.m. EDT, many rounds of gunfire were heard. It was unclear whether the gunfire was celebratory or part of a clash.


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