From Md. to L.A., Iraqis Register for Historic Vote
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Abdul Al-Haddad, 69, spent 13 years in an Iraqi prison under Saddam Hussein and now lives in Raleigh, N.C. Diyar Sindi, 24, and Heybet Siso, 20, are Kurds living in Fairfax whose families suffered brutalities under the regime.
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Iraqi authorities set January 30 as the date for the nationâs first election since the collapse of Saddam Husseinâs dictatorship and pledged that voting would take place throughout the country, despite rising violence and calls by Sunni clerics for a
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Iraq stood on the verge of its first free election in a half-century Saturday, its borders and bridges locked down, its hopes on the line. The government urged Iraqis to vote despite their fears of violence, even as insurgents rocketed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, killing two Americans.
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Despite violence at the polls, Iraq completes its historic election. Now, all the stakeholders face new choices
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Logistical preparations are under way to allow at least a million exiled Iraqis to cast their votes in the country's first free elections next month, a senior organizer said on Thursday.
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The former insurgent stronghold had one of the best voter turnouts in the Sunni triangle.
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Iraqis from Britain's 250,000-strong community began registering to vote in the first democratic polls to be held in their country of birth in half a century.
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Iraqis around the world cast ballots on the final day of overseas voting Sunday, with Australia extending voting at one station because of a riot and bomb scare, and Iraqi exiles streaming to polling stations in Jordan.
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Thousands of British-based Iraqis were turning out to vote as overseas polling began in Iraq's historic election, with many exiles gleeful at the chance to shape their country's future.
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Iraqi expatriates traveled hundreds of miles to cast ballots Sunday in their country's election, joyously dancing in ethnic garb and expressing relief that family members were able to vote safely despite violence in Iraq.
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In the city, some 250,000 to 300,000 immigrants-turned-US citizens will vote Tuesday.
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By the time Nick Kenaya fled Iraq, he had been tortured, blacklisted and threatened with execution for refusing to swear allegiance to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Now, after more than 20 years of exile in this San Diego suburb, Kenaya will help decide who leads his homeland when he casts an absentee ballot this weekend in Iraq's historic election.
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Iraqis in Australia danced in the  streets on Friday, twirling scarfs and singing, and proudly  displaying blue ink on their fingers which told the world they  had cast the first votes in Iraq's long-awaited election.
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Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 35 people in a bloody assault on the poll.
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Iraqis around the world streamed into polling stations Sunday for their last chance to cast ballots in Iraq's historic election, expressing hopes that the vote will bring peace and stability to their homeland.
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Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations from Australia to Britain - and many expressing ...
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Some couldn't read, but knew their party's identification number on the ballot. Others couldn't see, but were led to the polls by police. Across wide swathes of Iraq, especially in the southern Shiite and northern Kurdish areas, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday, expressing fierce determination and pride, together with hope that the election will improve their hard lives.