Elections in Iraq - One year ago today was Election Day in Iraq

Elections Represented Hope for Iraqis

(USAF Photo)

About the Photo: An Iraqi boy looks on as his father dips his finger in the purple ink that indicates he has voted for the new government at a polling station in Hayji, Iraq, on December 15, 2005. Iraqi citizens voted to elect the first free, permanent parliamentary government that will lead this new democracy for the next four years.

Read this story written by Jim Garamone - American Forces Press Service at CENTCOM.mil