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December 16, 2005

Far-Reaching Elections

The emotion raised by the Iraqi elections reaches as far as Maine.

A 10-hour drive from Portland to Washington D.C. kept Nayef Zamat from joining other East Coast Iraqis who voted in their native country's parliamentary elections. But a telephone conversation with his grandparents almost made up for it.

They said despite fears that insurgents would attack the polls Thursday, the election was going smoothly and drawing large numbers. They, themselves, had voted without problems.

"Right now, I feel happy," Zamat, 22, said. "It's a new life for each person over there."

Pretty cool.

Posted by slublog at December 16, 2005 08:09 AM

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