Iraqi forces cast ballots ahead of parliamentary elections
 

Baghdad, April 28 (IANS) Iraqi security personnel Monday cast their votes across the country ahead of parliamentary elections April 30 amid tight security. The voting began after 7.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when hundreds of soldiers and policemen lined up at polling centres across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and in other cities to cast their ballots, Xinhua reported. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) decided that security forces vote two days ahead of the scheduled election date in order to be free to guard polling stations on election day. The last general elections were held March 7, 2010, which resulted in the partial victory of the Iraqi National Movement led by former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.

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