Iraqi Electoral Commissioner Adel al-Lamy speaks during a news conference in Baghdad January 16, 2006. Iraq's Electoral Commission annulled results from 227 ballot boxes on Monday, upholding complaints of irregularities in the December 15 election, but said this would have little effect on results already announced. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
Iraqi policemen practice marching during a rehearsal for Police Day anniversary celebration in Basra, Iraq January 8, 2006. The United States is assigning more than 2,000 military police advisers to Iraqi police in a stepped-up training program, a spokesman said on Monday. REUTERS/Atef Hassan