Karbala Elderly Make Special Effort
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s call for Shia to vote brought out many of the old and frail.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s call for Shia to vote brought out many of the old and frail.
Insurgents shoot off voters’ ink-stained fingers in Baaqubah.
Following an election in which turnout seems to have been unexpectedly high, people’s minds are already turning to the new National Assembly.
Electoral officials estimate 60 per cent turnout as polling stations sift and collate two sets of election results.
By Ghassan Ali in Karbala (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)
By Hussein Ali al-Yasiry in Diwaniyah (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)
Voters say they want a new government to boost public services and heal divisions.