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A man rides his motor bike past a large election campaign banner showing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (R) along a street in the central Shiite Muslim shrine city of Karbala, on April 6, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF)
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A man walks past an election campaign poster of Mohammed Abed Al-Kazem Aqeeli (C) of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law coalition in Baghdad April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)
Debate: A third Maliki premiership would not necessarily spell disaster for Iraq
As in the previous Iraqi elections, Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki was the strongest contender this time around, with a vast distance reportedly opening up between him and his opponents. Sectarian, ethnic and religious divisions have allowed Shi’ites the right to head...Caption:
An Iraqi policeman casts his ballot at a polling station in the city of Ramadi, west of the capital Baghdad, on April 28, 2014, as members of the Iraqi security forces vote in the country’s first election since the departure of US troops in late 2011. (AFP Photo/Azher Shallal)
Iraqi troops and expats begin voting
London, Dubai and Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s military, police, and medical staff began to cast votes in the country’s general election on Monday, despite attempts by militants to disrupt this week’s polls. A string of attacks were reported on security checkpoints...Caption:
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of five militia members of Asaib Ahl al-Haq during their funeral procession in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)
Attacks kill at least 6 in Baghdad
Baghdad, AP—Two attacks killed at least six people on Saturday in the Iraqi capital, where police also discovered nine bodies, some of them riddled with bullets, officials said. The bloodshed comes a day after a coordinated bomb attack on a campaign rally for a...Caption:
Followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr pray in a street as they attend open-air Friday prayers, in the Shi’ite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, April 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)