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Major turnout in contested Kurdish election

Despite glitches, election deemed a success with large voter turnout in what is a major stakes election for Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government.
Ben Lando, Serage Malik, Rawsam Latif and Istifan Braymok of Iraq Oil Report
Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Jaza Ghareeb Ali stayed home Saturday. He’s been ill since head injuries during a 1982 imprisonment for opposing Saddam Hussein.

"I don’t have a good job because of my disease," said Ali, 49, of Suleimaniya, the sole breadwinner for a family of seven.

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