Associated Press Fatima Ibrahim, left, of the Kurdish Barzani tribe, 35, followed by her mother in law, Salha Omar, center, queues to cast their ballots for the Iraqi elections at a polling station in downtown Irbil Sunday. They are "Anfal Women" - widows and daughters of 8,000 Barzani men reportedly killed by Saddam Hussein during the 1980s.

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In Iraq, long lines, much joy and violence and uncertainty

• By ncs-import
• January 29, 2005