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Friday, March 26, 2010

Iraqi elections

I know a "bit" late, the elections were on the 7th .. but again late is always better than never & this picture is really nice

so here we go:


AP Photo 2 weeks ago
An Iraqi man on a bicycle covered with Iraqi flags displays his inked finger after casting his vote for the parliamentary election, in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgents attacks, Iraqis went to the polls on foot Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country's still-fragile democracy to move forward at a time of uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions.

محمد مهدي الجواهري - قصيدة مناجاة




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