Posted on 05/15/2010 6:22:19 AM PDT by Patriot1259
BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers from the 571st Military Police Company and the Joint Area Support Group-Central security directorate have been working round the clock since May 2 on request from the Iraqi government to augment the security surrounding the partial recount of the Baghdad parliamentary election ballots.
Several weeks ago, an Iraqi review panel decided to unseal the roughly 11,300 ballot boxes and recount more than two million ballots after a complaint from Maliki's bloc alleged fraud in the initial tally of ballots in Baghdad, which holds more than a fifth of the seats in parliament.
Officials had expected the Baghdad recount to take as long as two weeks to complete. However, thus far, they have been right on schedule. By May 12, 74 percent or approximately 8,500 ballot boxes had been processed.
The 571st and JASG-C fulfilled the request for support from the Iraqi government by providing movement and security over-watch coordination as the ballot boxes traveled from their storage facility outside the International Zone to the Al Rasheed Hotel, which is located inside the IZ.....
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