Iraq counts votes from first polls since US pullout
Election officials began tallying votes on Sunday from Iraq's first elections since US troops departed, a contest that served as a key test of its stability amid a spike in violence. Attacks killed three people on election day, a fraction of those who died in a wave of violence preceding the polls on Saturday, which […]W.G. Dunlop reports for Agence France-Presse:
Election officials began tallying votes on Sunday from Iraq's first elections since US troops departed, a contest that served as a key test of its stability amid a spike in violence.
Attacks killed three people on election day, a fraction of those who died in a wave of violence preceding the polls on Saturday, which seemed generally well-organised.
Turnout for the provincial vote was about 51 percent, according to officials from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission.
