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Election in Iraq

Posted By Blackfive • [December 14, 2005]
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Tomorrow is the big day in Iraq.  Iraqi soldiers and police voted earlier this week so that they would be on hand to protect voting centers...and keep Iran from sending truckloads of fake ballots.

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Throngs of Iraqi army soldiers head to the polls in Taji, Iraq on the morning of Dec. 12, 2005. Nearly six-thousand Iraqi army soldiers based in Taji were expected to cast ballots in the early election held for Iraqi Security Forces. Elements of the 9th Iraqi army division patrol the Taji area north of Baghdad with 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. (All photos by: Staff Sgt. Kevin Bromley, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division PAO)

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Iraqi army soldiers chant and sing after they participated in early voting Dec. 12, 2005.

Hopefully, you'll see a lot of this tomorrow.

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