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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 08 > Polls open to mortar fire as Iraq votes on its future

Polls open to mortar fire as Iraq votes on its future

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
March 8, 2010

BASRA, Iraq — On a day that began with the thundering explosion of insurgent mortar rounds and ended with outbursts of celebratory gunfire by hopeful political activists, millions of Iraqis voted Sunday to elect lawmakers who will rule this country for years to come as U.S. forces....

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