Recount calls stir Iraqi politics
By REBECCA SANTANA | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-23 07:52
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Iraqis chant anti-Baathist slogans at a protest in Najaf on Monday. Hundreds of residents demanded a manual recount of the election votes, carrying banners that said "No to stealing our votes." Demonstrators in other areas attacked the idea of a recount. Alaa al-Marjani / Associated Press |
BAGHDAD - Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.
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