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After the ouster of Saddam Hussein from power in 2004, Iraq held its first elections in over half a century. Iraqi immigrants in the United States gathered in Washington D.C., Detroit, Nashville, and San Diego for three days of voting.
In Washington D.C. Thomas Grove spoke with the Kurdish contingency, voting for slate 130.
After the ouster of Saddam Hussein from power in 2004, Iraq held its first elections in over half a century. Iraqi immigrants in the United States gathered in Washington D.C., Detroit, Nashville, and San Diego for three days of voting.
In Washington D.C. Thomas Grove spoke with the Kurdish contingency, voting for slate 130.
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After the ouster of Saddam Hussein from power in 2004, Iraq held its first elections in over half a century. Iraqi immigrants in the United States gathered in Washington D.C., Detroit, Nashville, and San Diego for three days of voting. In Washington D.C. Thomas Grove spoke with the Kurdish contingency, voting for slate 130.
Broadcast History
This piece was first broadcast on the Columbia Journalism School's Feb 11 2005 webcast
Transcript
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Two weeks ago Iraq held its first parliamentary elections in more than a half century. While ballots are still being tallied, it seems the Kurdish slate may emerge with the second largest bloc in the new parliament. In Washington D.C. 2,000 expatriate Iraqi voters showed up at polls during the three day election.
N1: In a crowded shopping center parking lot,(fade in music) a few miles from Washington DC, Kazim Warnzyary and his companions form a small circle with their cars. Their windows down, they blast Kurdish music over their stereos into the suburban expanse. Perhaps across the street some of the voters filing into the Iraqi polling station will hear them. Warnzyary is excited about Kurdish prospects in the election.
AX1 Warnzyary: We're going to talk about this day to our children, because this is children's future, future for them
N2: (Kurdish music)Warnz...
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