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• Regional strife hands Iran, Gulf states role in Iraq vote
• Gulf-based Iraqis vote in general election
• Car bomb attack kills 10 people in Iraq
• Car bomb attack kill 7 people in Iraq
• Sectarian strife threatens Iraq ahead of election
• Iraqi helicopters hit jihadist convoy in Syria: ministry
• Just Let Me Chainsaw!
• Iraq security forces ambush militant convoy

Regional strife hands Iran, Gulf states role in Iraq vote Posted: 27 Apr 2014 12:11 PM PDT When Iraqis go to the polls in Wednesday's general election, regional strife could make neighbouring Iran, former occupier the US, Gulf nations and Syria silent voters as well, analysts believe. The election is the first since American troops withdrew in late 2011, and since then US influence has waned while Iran has acquired more clout inside its Arab neighbour. The conflict in Syria between President Bashar al-Assad and mostly Sunni rebels that erupted in March 2011 has also spilled over the border, and could influence the election outcome. "Elections in Iraq are taking place amid a raging regional conflict, with Syria as its main source, and Iraq is not far from this conflict," said Issam al-Faili, professor of political history at Baghdad's Mustansiriyah University.

Gulf-based Iraqis vote in general election Posted: 27 Apr 2014 10:30 AM PDT Iraqis living in the Gulf began voting on Sunday in their country's general election at two polling stations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. "Voting centres are available only in Abu Dhabi and Dubai" for all Iraqis in the Gulf region, said electoral commission official Omar al-Hadith.

Car bomb attack kills 10 people in Iraq Posted: 27 Apr 2014 09:33 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb explosion on Sunday evening killed 10 people at an outdoor market in the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Car bomb attack kill 7 people in Iraq Posted: 27 Apr 2014 09:04 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say a car bomb explosion at an outdoor market has killed seven people in Baghdad.

Sectarian strife threatens Iraq ahead of election Posted: 27 Apr 2014 09:02 AM PDT By Ned Parker, Ahmed Rasheed and Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Sunni militants who seized the riverside town of Buhriz late last month stayed for several hours. The next morning, after the Sunnis had left, Iraqi security forces and dozens of Shi'ite militia fighters arrived and marched from home to home in search of insurgents and sympathizers in this rural community, dotted by date palms and orange groves. According to accounts by Shi'ite tribal leaders, two eyewitnesses and politicians, what happened next was brutal. They pulled out the young men and summarily executed them." The killings turned this town 35 miles northeast of Baghdad into a frontline in Iraq's gathering sectarian war.

Iraqi helicopters hit jihadist convoy in Syria: ministry Posted: 27 Apr 2014 04:47 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi army helicopters attacked a jihadist convoy inside eastern Syria on Sunday as it tried to approach the border, killing eight people, an interior ministry spokesman said.

Just Let Me Chainsaw! Posted: 27 Apr 2014 03:45 AM PDT Why won't my chainsaw start after a bad winter? It's all the U.S. government's fault—and it's enough to get a person Tea Party mad and start reciting the Constitution.

Iraq security forces ambush militant convoy Posted: 27 Apr 2014 03:27 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A government spokesman says security forces have ambushed a convoy of fuel tankers trying to illegally enter Iraq from Syria, killing at least eight drivers.

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