Sunday, March 7, 2010

Iraq Election News Updates -- March 7, 2010



Explosions Hit Baghdad As Iraqis Vote In Pivotal Election -- New York Times

BAGHDAD — A concerted wave of attacks struck Baghdad and other cities across the country on Sunday as Iraqis began voting to elect a new Parliament and possibly a new prime minister. Explosions reverberated across the capital even before the polls opened and continued through the morning haze for the first hours of voting.

Insurgents in Iraq had vowed to disrupt the election, and the attacks appeared timed to frighten voters away from polling sites. Mortars fell in neighborhoods across Baghdad, including at least three in the Green Zone, where government ministries and embassies are clustered, while bombs exploded elsewhere. Two bombs struck apartment buildings, destroying them.


More News On Iraq Elections

Iraqi Elections: Live-Blogging Election Day -- New York Times
LIVE BLOG: Explosions shake Baghdad as Iraqi polls open -- McClatchy News

Blasts, Mortars Mar Voting in Iraq -- Wall Street Journal
25 die as Iraqis defy violence to vote in election -- AP
Explosions rock Baghdad as Iraqis go to polls -- The Guardian
Blast Rocks Iraqi Holy City on Election Eve -- Voice of America
In Baghdad, mortar rounds mark Iraq election day -- L.A. Times
Despite Attacks, Iraqis Head to Polls -- ABC News
Iraq parliamentary election hit by insurgent attacks -- BBC
Violence mars early hours of voting in Iraq -- Washington Post

Iraqis Vote in Crucial Election -- Voice of America
Iraqi voters head to polls in historic election -- Washington Times
One Day Ahead of Vote, Iraqi Electoral Race Remains Wide Open -- Voice of America

Radical cleric urges Iraqi followers to vote
-- Washington Times
Sadr urges Iraqis to vote to help end U.S. "occupation" -- Reuters

In Basra, Iraqi Shiites Face Off Again -- New York Times
Bloc Takes On Entrenched Kurdish Parties in Iraq -- New York Times
Iraqi elections should give a hint of democracy's chances -- Washington Post

IRAQ: National election raises hopes for Iraqis -- IRIN
As Iraq votes, U.S. content to keep its distance -- Washington Post
In pictures: Iraq election day -- BBC

Iraq's Election: Can It Pull a Country Together? -- Time Magazine
After Iraq's election, the real fight -- Meghan O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Endgame in Iraq -- Washington Post editorial

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