A powerful explosion has rocked a polling station situated at a school in Mosul. One man was killed, and another wounded.
Parliamentary election is going on in Iraq today. 275 deputies will be elected to the Council of Representatives, out of 6,600 candidates. About 15 million people are eligible to take part in the vote.
The election in Iraq is taking place against the background of the growing violence in the country. Early in the morning, right after the opening of the polling stations, reports came of a powerful explosion in Baghdad.
Yesterday head of the "Al-Qaeda" Iraqi cell Abu Musab az-Zarkawi warned of the impending acts of terror.
Parliamentary election is going on in Iraq today. 275 deputies will be elected to the Council of Representatives, out of 6,600 candidates. About 15 million people are eligible to take part in the vote.
The election in Iraq is taking place against the background of the growing violence in the country. Early in the morning, right after the opening of the polling stations, reports came of a powerful explosion in Baghdad.
Yesterday head of the "Al-Qaeda" Iraqi cell Abu Musab az-Zarkawi warned of the impending acts of terror.
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