Determination in Iraq

I was delighted to hear the news reports this morning, after yesterday’s elections in Iraq. Apparently one woman ended up giving birth in a polling station, because she was so determined to cast her vote! Early indications are that a huge majority of the population braved great danger to exercise their right to have a say in the future government of the country. I pray this
marks a turning point that starts to bring them peace and stability.

There are some Iraqi diaries at http://tinyurl.com/5pybc. An inspiring entry reads: "...And yes, I did manage to go and actually vote for the list I thought was the best, but I had to walk a total of 10km on foot because of the ban imposed on all cars other than police cars and ambulances. It took me about three and a half hours to do this so I missed the last two sets of the final of the Australian Open tennis..."