Election official assists 65 year old Salha Omar with election ink as she casts her ballot at a polling station in downtown Erbil, Iraq , Sunday, Jan. 30. 2005. She and daughter-in-law are 'Anfal Women' - widows and daughters of 8,000 Barzani men reportedly killed by Saddam Hussein during the 1980's. Kurds in scores attended the election in the hope of gaining a significant voice in the interim Iraqi Parliament. (AP Photo/Sasa Kralj)
My last picture post until later in the day...
An Iraqi disabled man arrives at a polling station on a donkey cart to cast his vote in the country's second largest city of Basra, January 30, 2005.
After all car movements were prohibited, thousands of Iraqis make a trip on foot to the town of Al Alamara, Iraq (news - web sites), to place their votes Sunday, Jan. 30 2005. Iraqis turned out to vote Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying insurgents who launched deadly suicide bombings and mortar strikes at polling stations. By midday, at least 29 people were dead but the violence had slowed and voting picked up.(AP Photo / Daily Mirror/James Vellacott /Pool)