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Workers from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis center in Baghdad on May 3, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
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Election commission officials stand near ballot boxes as they talk during the counting of votes in the central city of Karbala on May 2, 2014 following the country’s general elections. (AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)
Iraq: Ballot count underway, with parties no closer to forming ruling coalition
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Independent Higher Electoral Commission (IHEC) continues the difficult task of counting Iraqis’ votes, the post-election political scene remained fractured as parties began the potentially lengthy process of forming a coalition...Caption:
A handout picture released by the Prime Minister’s Office shows Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki casting his ballot during the Iraqi legislative election at a polling station in the green zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 30, 2014. (EPA/PRIME MINISTER)
Iraq: No signs of Maliki–Mutahidoun post-election rapprochement
Baghdad, Erbil and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Security Council called for the Iraqi leadership “to engage as quickly as possible, to form a government that represents the will and sovereignty of the Iraqi people,” after the polls closed in Wednesday’s legislative...Caption:
Iraqi women vote at a polling station in Baghdad’s Sadr City district during the country’s general elections on April 30, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
Iraqis brave threat of violence to cast ballots
Baghdad, AP—Unshaken by the latest surge in violence, Iraqis braved the threat of bombs and attacks to vote Wednesday in key elections for a new parliament amid a massive security operation as the country slides deeper into sectarian strife. Hundreds of thousands of...Caption:
An Iraqi man walks past campaign posters as he walks on a street in the capital, Baghdad, on April 29, 2014, one day ahead of Iraq’s first general election since US troops withdrew. (AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI)