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Iraq: Car bomb strikes Shiite holy city, killing 3 (AP)

March 6th, 2010

Iraqi soldiers secure a polling station as a woman checks her name on the list of registered voters posted outside, a day before the parliamentary elections are due to be held, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A car bomb exploded near a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Saturday, killing at least three people, including two Iranians, on the…

Brown blames US over Iraq reconstruction errors (AP)

March 5th, 2010

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Friday March 5, 2010, to give evidence at the Iraq inquiry in London, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding British involvement in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Friday the decision to invade Iraq was justified, but told a major inquiry into the war that the United States dismissed warnings…

Campaign styles reflect the choices in Iraq vote (AP)

March 4th, 2010

A supporter of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in poster worn on head, attends his campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March. 3, 2010. Iraq's national election is scheduled for March 7. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - There were no politicians kissing babies at the campaign rally, but it came close.


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Iraq early voting shattered by deadly blasts (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A string of blasts across the capital killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast early ballots ahead of Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A string of deadly blasts shattered an early round of voting in Iraq Thursday, killing 17 people and highlighting the fragile nature of the country’s security gains ahead…

Spate of blasts in Iraq kill 17 ahead of key vote (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A string of blasts across the capital killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast early ballots ahead of Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A string of blasts across the Iraqi capital targeting voters killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast…

Early voting begins ahead of March 7 Iraq election (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Iraqi relatives weep over the coffin of a victim of a suicide bomb which took place last night at the Shiite Muslim Abdel Karim al-Madani mosque in central Baquba, 60 kms northeast of Baghdad, September 2009. Three powerful co-ordinated suicide attacks in the central Iraq city of Baquba killed at least 33 people and wounded 55 on Wednesday, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.(AFP/File/Str)AP - Early voting began Thursday morning in Iraq’s parliamentary election, which will elect a government that will guide the country as U.S. forces go home and help determine whether…