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Originally Posted by Shiva_TD
There would be on serious consequence if/when the US pulls out:
Iraqi self-determination.
Only those that oppose the Iraqi people determining their own government want the US to remain in Iraq.
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Gee, I think the Iraqi people have already spoken. Were you on vacation at the time?
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Sporadic violence doesn't deter Iraqi voters
Bush calls election a 'resounding success'
Monday, January 31, 2005 Posted: 3:29 AM EST (0829 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Millions of Iraqis cast ballots Sunday in the nation's first free election in half a century -- a vote hailed by officials as a success despite sporadic violence that killed more than two dozen people.
"This is the greatest day in the history of this country," Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie told CNN.
U.S. State Department spokesman Noel Clay said 5,171 polling centers -- 98.8 percent of the 5,232 that were expected to open -- actually did so.
Vote counting started in polling centers and is expected to continue into Monday, when the International Election Commission of Iraq is planning to take all ballots to its headquarters in Baghdad for recounting.
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CNN.com - Sporadic violence doesn't deter Iraqi voters - Jan 31, 2005
The Iraqi people have already said what they want. Now the Iraqi leaders have to do their part to honor the decisions of the people. The only ones who are trying to stop the process are the insurgents and the Islamists. And they surely don't want us to remain.