Iraqi Democracy officially begins, and Abu Zarqawi has lost two of his most important lieutenants.

It's almost as if the U.S. is, like, winning.

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"I have been waiting for this day, I have been dreaming of this day to tell my grandchildren that in the first election in the history of Iraq I was the first woman to vote," Lamaa Jamal Talabani, 60, said outside an Amman polling station.

Bin Laden would be thrilled to know that.

David J. Schuler is manning the DeanEsmay.com.

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