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10-16-2005, 06:16 AM #1
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Large Turnout for Iraq Constitution Vote
Iraqi troop strength is up to 200,000 with the 155,000 we have there makes it a lot more difficult for insurgents...don't ya think?
Originally Posted by andruejaysin
That's an extra 200,000 more troops than we had there in Oct. of "03". Is it that hard to admit that things are progressing?Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Large Turnout for Iraq Constitution Vote BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq's new constitution Saturday, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation's young democracy after decades of dictatorship. With little violence, turnout was more than 66 percent in the three most crucial provinces. The constitution still seemed likely to pass, as expected. But the higher-than-forecast Sunni turnout made it possible the vote would be Rating: 5
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