Iraqi Muneera al-Azami, 71, Thabet Waleed, 35 and Israa Waleed, 40,with ink stained index fingers pose by an election campaign posters for the Tawafoq Iraqi Front list which they voted for, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Dec. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
An Iraqi woman flashes the 'V' sign in front of an Iraqi flag after casting her vote at a polling station in central Baghdad. Iraqis streamed to the polls amid relative peace in a legislative vote many hope will heal a nation wracked by sectarian conflict and bring minority Sunnis back into the political process.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)