According to this report the terrorists in Iraq have tried to make good on their promise of reprisals against people who voted in last weekend’s historic elections. But in at least one case the voters are fighting back

MARK WILLACY: That’s right, Tony. The Iraqi police have investigated a case in the village of al-Mudhariya, which is just south of Baghdad. The villagers there say that before the election insurgents came and warned them that if they voted in last weekend’s election, they would pay.

Now the people of this mixed village of Sunni and Shia Muslims, they ignored the threat and they did turn out to vote.

We understand that last night the insurgents came back to punish the people of al-Mudhariya, but instead of metering out that punishment the villagers fought back and they killed five of the insurgents and wounded eight. They then burnt the insurgents’ car. So the people of that village have certainly had enough of the insurgents.

Stand up to a bully enough times and he’ll go away. Kill enough terrorists and eventually they’ll all be dead and you will be left with a free country.