Obama Delights Iraqis, Worries Kurds

by IOL (reposted)

Thu, Nov 6, 2008 8:14PM

BAGHDAD — Most Iraqis share the enthusiasm and optimism that swept the world with the election of Barak Obama as the new master of the White House on a platform of hope and change, only Kurds are disappointed.

"During the US elections campaign, Obama showed a more closer worrying with our problems," Ayman Abdel-Rahman, a clinician in Baghdad, told IslamOnline.net.

"I believe that his victory is the greatest chance for many minorities to have their rights recognized and we are one of them."

Obama, a 47-year-old Illinois senator, make history on Tuesday, November 4, becoming America's first-ever black president.

He captured an estimated 52 percent of the popular vote and 349 electoral votes to Republican John McCain’s 46 percent and 162 electoral votes, with Missouri and North Carolina still too close to call.

"If McCain had won, we would be crying for more five years desperate to have someone with ideals different from Bush that destroyed our lives," said Abdel-Rahman.

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