(2005-01-30) — News reports of terrorist bombings in Iraq were marred Sunday by shocking graphic images of Iraqi “insurgents” voting by the millions in their first free democratic election.
Despite reporters’ hopes that a well-orchestrated barrage of mortar attacks and suicide bombings would put down the so-called ‘freedom insurgency’, hastily-formed battalions of rebels swarmed polling places to cast their ballots — shattering the status quo and striking fear into the hearts of the leaders of the existing terror regime.
Hopes for a return to the stability of tyranny waned as rank upon rank of Iraqi men and women filed out of precinct stations, each armed with the distinctive mark of the new freedom guerrillas — an ink-stained index finger, which one former Ba’athist called “the evidence of their betrayal of 50 years of Iraqi tradition.”
Journalists struggled to put a positive spin on the day’s events, but the video images of tyranny’s traitors choosing a future of freedom overwhelmed the official story of bloodshed and mayhem.
An ink-stained finger marks an Iraqi woman as one of “tyranny’s traitors.”
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1 Little Miss Attila // Jan 30, 2005 at 8:22 am
Scott Weighs In
. . . with his own take on the Iraqi elections, and the discomfort this is giving the MSM….
2 Catholic Light // Jan 30, 2005 at 8:43 am
Iraq election bias watch
Reuters, which for anti-American bias is in a class of its own, has this lead on its main Iraqi voting story: “Millions of Iraqis turned out to vote Sunday, defying anti-U.S. insurgents determined to drown the historic poll in blood.”…
3 Balloon Juice // Jan 30, 2005 at 9:05 am
Congrats, Iraqi’s
From what I hear on MSNBC and CNN, turnout in Iraq has been fantastic- up to 72%. That, mind you,…
4 basil's blog // Jan 30, 2005 at 9:32 am
Sunday Brunch: Milk and Spam
For your weekend dining pleasure, we offer you to choose from one of these specialties: Phoebe Gleeson is never at a loss for a topic to post. WuzzaDem gets spam. ScrappleFace has a report on a disruption of events in
5 Technicalities // Jan 30, 2005 at 10:17 am
Iraq… The Election…
Scrappleface has the very best reporting. Covers it all….
6 Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. // Jan 30, 2005 at 11:08 am
On a snowy Sunday morning…
If you’re an American who doesn’t vote. Be Ashamed. Be very ashamed. By Luke Baker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some came on crutches, others walked for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across Iraq, millions turned out to vote…
7 Mudville Gazette // Jan 30, 2005 at 11:18 am
Hey…
Is it my imagination, or has Scott Ott taken the gloves off? Update: This says it all….
8 The Principled Objection // Jan 30, 2005 at 12:19 pm
ScrappleFace: voting disrupts reports of bomb
Amen. As always, Scrappleface hits it on the nose.
9 Blogcritics // Jan 30, 2005 at 12:45 pm
New Insurgents Flip Zarqawi the Blue Finger!
[Satire] In the news today western journalists have been disrupted and dealt a severe blow to their usual barrage of…
10 The Cassandra Page // Jan 30, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Iraqi elections - waiting for the MSM spin.
- MSM/DNC waits for more bombing and American casualties.
- It awaits infighting among the winning candidates.
- It awaits anti-American comments and policies from the winning candidates.
- It awaits stories of irregularities or problems with t…
11 Decision '08 // Jan 30, 2005 at 1:42 pm
Miscellanea - Ink-Stained Finger Edition
Scrappleface has got it about right, based on the NY Times headline I received in my inbox this morning: “Exlosions Heard Across Baghdad”…
12 Blogcritics // Jan 30, 2005 at 3:09 pm
New Insurgents Flip Al-Zarqawi the Blue Finger!
In the news today western journalists have been disrupted and were dealt a severe blow to their usual barrage of…
13 Low Earth Orbit // Jan 30, 2005 at 3:49 pm
Those facts on the ground are pesky things
[source] News reports of terrorist bombings in Iraq were marred Sunday by shocking graphic images of Iraqi “insurgents” voting by…
14 The Anger of Compassion // Jan 30, 2005 at 4:08 pm
American Blogger Reports Unfortunately Heartening News from Iraq
From his attention-grabbing headline — “Iraqi Voting Disrupts News Reports of Bombings” — to his story’s first sentence: “News reports of terrorist bombings in Iraq were marred Sunday by shocking graphic images of Iraqi “insurgents” voting by the mil…
15 Three Rounds Brisk // Jan 30, 2005 at 8:49 pm
Sunday
Priceless.
16 TexasBestGrok // Jan 30, 2005 at 10:46 pm
They Voted!
I didn’t really doubt that the Iraqis would vote in high numbers today, but it’s nice to see the people of Iraq put to lie…
17 A Face Made 4 Radio, A Voice Made 4 the Internet // Jan 31, 2005 at 2:45 pm
Don’t You Just Love Satire
I’ve got to thank Peter Schramm of the Ashbrook Center’s blog NoLeftTurns for turning me on to this from Scrappleface…
18 A Face Made 4 Radio, A Voice Made 4 the Internet // Jan 31, 2005 at 2:47 pm
Don’t You Just Love Satire
I’ve got to thank Peter Schramm of the Ashbrook Center’s blog NoLeftTurns for turning me on to this from Scrappleface…
19 Standing Up for Nothing // Jan 31, 2005 at 7:23 pm
Iraqi Voting Disrupts News Reports of Bombings
Via Scrappleface:
(2005-01-30) — News reports of terrorist bombings in Iraq were marred Sunday by shocking graphic images of Iraqi “insurgents” voting by the millions in their first free democratic election.
Despite reporters’ hopes that a well-…
20 Parableman // Feb 4, 2005 at 2:40 pm
Around the Blogosphere 3-4-05
My list of things to blog about has gotten too long and contains a number of things that are too old for me to want to bother with extended comments, so here are some of them that I’m giving up…