"It will be a historic event because the Iraqi people will witness an elected parliament for the

"It will be a historic event because the Iraqi people will witness an elected parliament for the first time in their lives."
Ali al-Dabagh
A member of the Shiite clergy-dominated United Iraqi Alliance, on Iraq's 275-member National Assembly, which gathered for its first meeting Wednesday.
"I hope somehow that I will be able to find some justice, some form of punishment for him, because he's off celebrating his freedom for murdering my mother. It's very hard to deal with."
Holly Gawron, 24
Daughter of Bonny Lee Bakley, deceased wife of Actor Robert Blake. Blake was acquitted Wednesday of killing Bakley four years ago. Gawron and her family have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blake.