Is it finally starting?

Here is an Australian radio report that is quite heartening and for proponents of the President's policy in Iraq, long overdue!

"The ABC's Middle East Correspondent, Mark Willacy, is in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Mark Willacy, we've heard reports about the high voter turnout, but now there are reports of how some voters have taken on the insurgents in order to vote, you know, the people are fighting back.

MARK WILLACY: That's right, Tony. The Iraqi police have investigated a case in the village of al-Mudhariya, which is just south of Baghdad. The villagers there say that before the election insurgents came and warned them that if they voted in last weekend's election, they would pay. Now the people of this mixed village of Sunni and Shia Muslims, they ignored the threat and they did turn out to vote. We understand that last night the insurgents came back to punish the people of al-Mudhariya, but instead of metering out that punishment the villagers fought back and they killed five of the insurgents and wounded eight. They then burnt the insurgents' car. So the people of that village have certainly had enough of the insurgents."

If true, it might indicate that Sunday's elections were indeed the corner-turning that so many of us have hoped for! I pray that it is true and that indeed, we've turned a corner! Even if we haven't though, it's heartening to hear that ordinary Iraqi's are standing up to the thugs!


Ordinary Iraqi's 1, Insurgents 0