The Iraqis are voting.
Interim Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawer holds up an ink-stained finger as evidence that he voted.
Iraqis, mostly women, wait to vote in Shiite Sadr City.
Another Baghdad voter casts his first free ballot.
As for the bloodbath promised by the terrorists? Well, it has yet to develop. At this time, it is almost noon in Iraq and the news is of three suicide bombings and a small handful of mortar attacks. With over 5,000 pollings sites, that’s pretty meek compared to the threats, though the day is young.