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- Title: Elections (IRAQ-REPORT)
- Author : The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Release Date : January 06, 2010
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Expatriate Iraqis Begin Casting Vote Iraqis living abroad began casting ballots Friday in their homeland's crucial parliamentary elections, the second for a full parliamentary term since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein. The United Nations refugee agency estimates that around 2 million Iraqis are living abroad--the majority of whom fled violence following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Iraq's Sunni Arab minority has been particularly attentive to the out-of-country voting, especially in neighboring Syria and Jordan--in the belief that many of the potential voters there are Sunnis who fled the sectarian violence. Sunnis are hoping a strong turnout among their community will counterbalance what many expect will be a strong vote among the Shiite majority for their own religious parties. Voting abroad will be held for three days, while in Iraq most voters go to the polls on Sunday, choosing a 325-seat legislature. The largest bloc in parliament will try to put together a government to lead Iraq for four key years as U.S. troops withdraw. The balloting will go on for three days. Following is a list of some of Iraq's most influential people compiled by Reuters