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Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Amer Khames Hameed, left, along with U.S. Army Lt. Col. William E. McRae, and Col. Timothy McGuire, walk to a voting site Jan. 26, 2009, in the Al Karradah district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. soldiers and NPs checked on the security of several voting sites across the district in preparation for the Iraqi provincial elections on Jan. 31, 2009. More than 14,400 candidates competed for 440 seats in 14 of 18 Iraqi provinces.

Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Amer Khames Hameed, left, along with U.S. Army Lt. Col. William E. McRae, and Col. Timothy McGuire, walk to a voting site Jan. 26, 2009, in the Al Karradah district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. soldiers and NPs checked on the security of several voting sites across the district in preparation for the Iraqi provincial elections on Jan. 31, 2009. More than 14,400 candidates competed for 440 seats in 14 of 18 Iraqi provinces.

Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Amer Khames Hameed, left, along with U.S. Army Lt. Col. William E. McRae, and Col. Timothy McGuire, walk to a voting site Jan. 26, 2009, in the Al Karradah district of eastern Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. soldiers and NPs checked on the security of several voting sites across the district in preparation for the Iraqi provincial elections on Jan. 31, 2009. More than 14,400 candidates competed for 440 seats in 14 of 18 Iraqi provinces.

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