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To: LindyBill who wrote (97664)	1/30/2005 10:05:43 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793758

72% turnout? 36 killed? Sounds like a winner. Even the NYT has to headline it that way. Iraqi Voters Turn Out in High Numbers Despite Rebel Attacks Killing Up to 36 On Baghdad's Closed Streets, a Party Atmosphere By DEXTER FILKINS 8:54 AM ET U.S. officials were showing confidence that today was going to be an amazing success, although they were still wary of major attacks. • Rice: Vote 'Going Better Than Expected' Of course, they still won't let the negative go. The Vote, and Democracy Itself, Leave Anxious Iraqis Divided By JOHN F. BURNS Questions about the election go beyond U.S. stewardship, to issues that touch on whether it is realistic to think that democracy can be implanted in Iraq.