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Polls Close in Iraq — Large Numbers Turn Out Despite Sporadic Violence — BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 — Large numbers of Iraqi voters ignored sporadic outbreaks of violence and voted Saturday in a constitutional referendum that would increase the role of Islam in the government and formalize Iraq's democracy.
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New York Times:
Polls Close in Iraq's Constitutional Referendum — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 15 - Iraqis walked through silent streets this morning to begin voting on a new constitution that, if passed, would mark a major step toward the formation of the country's first full-term government since the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Constitution Referendum, and the Not-So-Great Ramadan Offensive — The Iraqis have voted on the referendum. Turnout is reported to be high in many areas of Iraq. Saddam's own hometown in Tikrit is estimated to have had a 78% turnout. Dr. Fareed Ayar, a member of the Independent Electoral Commission …
CNN:
Polls close in historic Iraq referendum — Workers start counting ballots; few reports of violence — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — After decades of repression and more than two years of war and insurgency, Iraqis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote on a draft constitution that would set …
New York Times:
Iraqis Cast Votes on Constitution; Turnout Is Mixed — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 15 - Iraqis streamed to the polls Saturday, casting ballots on a new constitution that would fundamentally alter the shape and nature of the nation. — With most vehicular traffic banned, and more than 150,000 American …
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:Iraqis Vote in Constitutional Referendum
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Shawn Wasson / Bareknucklepolitics.com:Iraqis Vote — Iraqis are set to head to the polls tomorrow …
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Sooni:
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Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Just said my YES... (updated) — Probably the worst thing today is the intense heat which was a little over 100f but that didn't stop the crowds from walking in the sun to the voting stations, I personally had to walk nearly 4 miles in total but it's definitely worth the effort.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Criminalizing Conservatives — Fall of 2005 will be remembered as a time when it became clear that a strategy of criminalization had been implemented to inflict defeat on conservatives. — THE MOST EFFECTIVE CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATOR of—oh—the last century or so, Congressman Tom DeLay …
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New York Times:
The Miller Case: From a Name on a Pad to Jail, and Back — In a notebook belonging to Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times, amid notations about Iraq and nuclear weapons, appear two small words: "Valerie Flame." — Ms. Miller should have written Valerie Plame.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A Day of Questioning, More Questioning and . . . No Questions — Almost three hours after Karl Rove entered the grand jury chambers yesterday morning, special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald walked hurriedly from the room and toward the waiting reporters. — "Just going to the men's room," he announced, continuing past the media pack.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:TPM Reader NT poses an interesting question. What did Harriet Miers …
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New York Times:
G.I.'s and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border — WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 - A series of clashes in the last year between American and Syrian troops, including a prolonged firefight this summer that killed several Syrians, has raised the prospect that cross-border military operations may become …
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John Solomon / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
DeLay campaign slams Texas prosecutor — WASHINGTON — Tom DeLay is using his congressional campaign to distribute to voters derogatory information about the Texas prosecutor who has indicted him - and to raise more money for a re-election bid that has been affected by the criminal case.
BBC:
US troops 'starve Iraqi citizens' — A senior United Nations official has accused US-led coalition troops of depriving Iraqi civilians of food and water in breach of humanitarian law. — Human rights investigator Jean Ziegler said they had driven people out of insurgent strongholds that were about to be attacked by cutting supplies.
Norm / normblog:
Two sides in Iraq — At OpenDemocracy there's a response by Eli Lake to Sasha Abramsky's piece that I linked to recently. Lake begins by recalling statements from certain well-known figures, like John Pilger, George Galloway and Arundhati Roy, in support of the Iraqi so-called resistance …
hughhewitt.com:
Iraq Votes, Yon Notes, RedStaters Emote, and I Confess Everything I Don't Know About the Miers Nomination. — Back to Biola and GodBlogCon I, and then ND-USC, so light Saturday blogging. Brant DeBow has done a great job of summarizing the panel discussion from last evening.
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La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Hugh Hewitt Live — 5:55 p.m. (PDT): Hugh Hewitt broadcast his show live from Biola University, and it was standing-room only. He interviewed a number of attendees, and I was supposed to be one of them. But I missed my queue. I was being interviewed by someone else at the time, so I'm only a little upset.
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