The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) met for its 4th session in Baghdad, Iraq. Nominations were taken and a vote was cast. The votes were then read aloud as a tally was kept. Iraq's parliament has chosen Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's new president and his deputies will be former President Ghazi Yawer, a Sunni Arab, and Finance Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who is Shia. The three candidates received 227 votes, while 30 ballots were left blank. The voting happened during the Operation IRAQI FREEDOM timeline
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Base: The Green Zone, Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Ahlschwede, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
06/04/2005
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The U.S. National Archives
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