An Iraqi woman raises her hands as she gets searched before entering a polling station in the southern city of Basra, January 30, 2005. Iraq's first multiparty polls in half a century began at dawn on Sunday, elections intended to unite the country but which could instead foment sectarian strife and which insurgents have vowed to turn into a bloodbath. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
An Iraqi woman smiles after dipping her finger to ink, before casting her ballot in a polling station in Baghdad, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005.Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying threats of violence from insurgents vowing to sabotage the balloting. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)
An Iraqi woman prepares to vote after dipping her finger in ink at al-Kadhmiya polling station in Baghdad, January 30, 2005. Iraq's first multiparty polls in half a century began at dawn on Sunday, elections intended to unite the country but which could instead foment sectarian strife and which insurgents have vowed to turn into a bloodbath. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
