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Attacks raise tensions on eve of Iraq polls

Attacks killed 24 people in Iraq Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly violence that has cast a pall over the country's first general election since US troops withdrew. The bloodshed, a day after 64 people died in a nationwide spate of blasts, raises questions over whether security forces can protect upwards of 20 […]

Prashant Rao and Mohamad Ali Harissi report for Agence France Presse:

Attacks killed 24 people in Iraq Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly violence that has cast a pall over the country's first general election since US troops withdrew.

The bloodshed, a day after 64 people died in a nationwide spate of blasts, raises questions over whether security forces can protect upwards of 20 million people eligible to vote on Wednesday.