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A New Dynamic.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
Mideast: Despite terrorists' threats and predictions of disaster, Iraqis turned out in huge numbers to vote in that nation's first election ever. It marks a turning point not just for troubled Iraq, but for the region as well.
Iraq's successful vote will change irrevocably the political dynamic of the Mideast. Just a week ago, it seemed plausible that al-Qaida terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's medieval vision for Iraq might win out. In a 35-minute video, he said: "We have declared a bitter war against democracy and all those who seek to enact it."
Now those words define his defeat. Whatever acts al-Zarqawi might perpetrate, it's clear ordinary Iraqis don't support him. They have definitively chosen democracy and modernity over theocracy and a new Dark Age.
"The terrorists now know that they cannot win," Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Monday. Absolutely right.
This is a major development not just in Iraq, but for the Mideast as a whole. It will strengthen the fledgling democratic movements in an area that is home to the world's most repressive regimes.
In the last year alone, Afghanistan and Iraq have held elections that, given the level of terrorist threat and intimidation, stand out as shining examples of democratic spirit.
In Afghanistan, critics warned of a "quagmire." Today it's a ...
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