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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48454-2005Jan30.html
Iraqis Defy Threats as Millions Vote
(Washington Post) Anthony Shadid - Millions of Iraqis turned out Sunday to cast ballots in the country's first free elections in a half-century. At least 44 people were reported killed in suicide bombings, shootings, and mortar and rocket attacks. Officials estimated voter turnout at 60% - a figure that would make Sunday's vote perhaps the freest, most competitive election in an authoritarian Arab world.