Word: jadhriyah
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...Kanaan Jamil Ibrahim, supervising officer at a polling station in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite Jadhriyah district said that "the day began quietly, because people are cautious about coming out. They are waiting and watching their TVs, for news of any violence or disturbance. Once they hear that voting is going normally, they will come out." He said that at his polling station, the Muhammad Baqr al-Hakim Boys' High School, there was actually less security this time than on Jan 30. One reason, he said, is that "the Iraqi security forces have learned from the [previous] elections...