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Iraqi PM’s coalition seen leading vote (AP)

March 8th, 2010

Ballot boxes are stacked at a counting center in Basra, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. The conclusion of Sunday's vote does not spell an immediate end to Iraq's political uncertainty, as it could be days until results come in and with the fractured nature of Iraqi politics, months to form a government. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties on Monday predicted a coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election,…

Iraqi voters undaunted by attacks that kill 36 (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Zahiya Kadim, who is blind, displays her inked finger after casting her vote in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgents attacks, Iraqis went to the polls on foot Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country's still-fragile democracy to move forward at a time of uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqis defied insurgents who lobbed hand grenades at voters and bombed a polling station Sunday in an attempt to intimidate those taking part in elections that will determine…

Iraqi voters head to polls for historic ballot (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in a surprise news conference on the eve of the Iraqi election, has urged his followers to turn out and vote. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour)AP - Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgent attacks, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country’s still-fragile democracy…

Iraqi police: Baghdad suicide attacks kill 9 (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Amidst high security, Iraqi army soldiers are searched by Iraqi police as they arrive to cast their votes at a polling center in central Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Early voting in Iraq for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraqi police officials say nine people have been killed in two suicide bombings, bringing the daily death toll in Iraq’s capital to 16 as hundreds of thousands across…

Triple bombing kill 32 ahead of Iraqi vote (AP)

March 3rd, 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 - Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Wednesday in a former insurgent stronghold northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 32 people just days before a crucial election that will…

Iraqi police: Suicide blasts in Baqouba kill 30 (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Iraqi policemen search bags found in the trunk of a car at a checkpoint in the southern city of Basra. 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/Essam al-Sudani)AP - A string of three deadly suicide bombings killed at least 30 people in the former insurgent stronghold of Baqouba on Wednesday, including a blast from a suicide bomber…

Iraqi police: Suicide blasts in Baqouba kill 29 (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

An Iraqi worker passes election posters in central Baghdad. Three powerful co-ordinated suicide attacks in the central Iraqi city of Baquba killed at least 29 people and wounded 42 on Wednesday, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AP - A police spokesman in Iraq’s volatile Diyala province says three suicide bombings have killed at least 29 and wounded more than 40 people in the city of Baqouba.


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Women take prominent role Iraqi vote (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

AP - The minute Friday prayers are over, a crowd of women worshippers clothed in long black cloaks swarm around parliament member Maha al-Douri, peppering her with questions and requests.…

Iraqi PM calls pre-vote candidate ban legitimate (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Iraq's Prime Minister is defending a decision to ban hundreds of candidates from the upcoming election, saying that it would not hurt Sunni turnout for next Sunday's vote. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq’s prime minister Sunday defended a ban of candidates with alleged ties to Saddam Hussein’s former regime, calling it a legitimate decision that would not affect Sunni turnout…

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