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Waving Kurdish scarves and flags of Democratic Party of Kurdistan people dance in celebration in front of Party headquarters in the village of Chira, northern Iraq, Monday, Jan. 31. 2005. Large turnout of Kurdish people, even in Mosul governorate, makes supporters believe that Kurdish parties will gain substantial number of votes in Iraqi national and local election.(AP Photo/Sasa Kralj)

Farid Ayar, left, spokesman for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), and the IECI's Chief of Electoral Office Adel al-Lami speak to the media in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. A day after the vote, jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots, tallying the results of an election that millions hoped would lead to democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops. The writing in the background is the name of the IECI in Arabic on the top line and in Kurdish on the lower line. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Iraqi police celebrate a day after the Iraqi elections in southern city of Basra, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. A day after the vote, jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots, tallying the results of an election that millions hoped would lead to democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

Iraqi police and a British soldier celebrate a day after the Iraqi elections in southern city of Basra, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. A day after the vote, jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots, tallying the results of an election that millions hoped would lead to democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)

Iraqi soldiers gather for a raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, one day after national elections. Jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots Monday, tallying the results of a vote that millions hoped would restore democracy for the first time in a half-century and lead to the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

A U.S. Army sniper scans the horizon through his rifle scope during a raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, one day after national elections. Jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots Monday, tallying the results of a vote that millions hoped would restore democracy for the first time in a half-century and lead to the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

An Iraqi soldier walks past U.S. Army tanks in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, one day after national elections. Jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots Monday, tallying the results of a vote that millions hoped would restore democracy for the first time in a half-century and lead to the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

An Iraqi woman walks past Iraqi and U.S. Army soldiers during a raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, one day after national elections. Jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots Monday, tallying the results of a vote that millions hoped would restore democracy for the first time in a half-century and lead to the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment soldiers emerge from an armored Stryker combat vehicle for a raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, one day after national elections. Jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots Monday, tallying the results of a vote that millions hoped would restore democracy for the first time in a half-century and lead to the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)

Residents celebrate on the street waving flowers, flags and posters of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. A day after the vote, jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots, tallying the results of an election that millions hoped would lead to democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

An Iraqi policeman flashes the victory sign while escorting a convoy of ballots from a polling station in Jisr Diala on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. Iraqi and American forces escorted election officials, ballots and tally sheets to central collection points for tabulation of Sunday's landmark election.(AP Photo/John Moore)

Iraqi policemen, their vehicles decorated in celebration of Sunday's landmark election, escort a convoy of ballots from a polling station in Jisr Diala on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. Iraqi and American forces escorted ballots, election officials and tally sheets to central collection points in Baghdad for tabulation of Sunday's landmark election.(AP Photo/John Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. Luke Saunders dances with Iraqi policemen as they celebrate the arrival of a convoy of ballots from a polling station to a central collection point in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. Iraqi and American forces escorted election officials, ballots and tally sheets to central collection points for tabulation of Sunday's landmark election. Saunders is with the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion and is from Green Bay, WI.(AP Photo/John Moore)

Iraqi policemen celebrate as a convoy of ballots arrives from a polling station to a central collection point in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. Iraqi and American forces escorted election officials, ballots and tally sheets to central collection points for tabulation of Sunday's landmark election.(AP Photo/John Moore)

Residents celebrate on the street waving flowers, flags and posters of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Hakim, in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. A day after the vote, jubilant Iraqis sifted through ballots, tallying the results of an election that millions hoped would lead to democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Gilbert Narsa, an Iraqi immigrant living in Modesto, CA, holds a sign thanking America "for liberating Iraq," outside a polling station in Irivine, CA. Naras was with a group of Iraqi Assyrians who were supporting their ticket, slate 139, the Assyrian National Assembly. (AFP / Getty Images Photo)

An Iraqi National Guard soldier prays next to a U.S. soldier from the 2-325th Airborne Infantry Regiment at a polling station being secured by a joint Iraqi and American force two days before the electoins in a school on the troubled western district of Mosul. (Newsday / Moises Saman)

Iraqi expatriate Benjamin Nissan, a beautician who said he likes to dress like Elvis Presley, casts his ballot in Skokie, Ill. (AP Photo)

Iraqi expatriate Imam Husham Al-Husainy celebrates with poll workers after casting his ballot in Iraq's National election at a polling place in the Detroit suburb of Southgate, Michigan. (Rebecca Cook / Reuters)

Iraqi actresses rehearse backstage for a play that encourages Iraqis to participate in the elections. Backed by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the main Shiite party in Iraq, a group of Iraqi actors perform a play that explores the dangers facing Iraq and accentuates the importance of the elections. (Getty Images Photo)