• Email   • Share:  Iraqis Celebrate  Mohammed and Omar are as
joyful as you would expect:  I couldn’t think of a scene more
beautiful than that. From the early hours of the morning, People
filled the street to the voting center in my neighborhood;
youths, elders, women and men. Women’s turn out was higher by
the way. And by 11 am the boxes where I live were almost full!
The sounds of explosions and gunfire were clearly heard, some
were far away but some were close enough to make the windows of
the center shake but no one seemed to care about them as if the
people weren’t hearing these sounds at all. How can I describe
it!? Take my eyes and look through them my friends, you have
supported the day of Iraq’s freedom and today, Iraqis have
proven that they’re not going to disappoint their country or
their friends. Is there a bigger victory than this? I believe
not. I walked forward to my station, cast my vote and then
headed to the box, where I wanted to stand as long as I could,
then I moved to mark my finger w