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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is shown in a campaign poster in Baghdad, Iraq. Maliki, the incumbent premier who's being challenged by a formidable alliance of his rivals, strikes a number of poses in his campaign posters throughout the city. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime U.S. ally and perennially controversial Iraqi politician, appears in a campaign poster in a public square in Baghdad. A spoof campaign poster being circulated by email depicts him as "The Thief of Baghdad." Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Amira Faris, a 40-year-old biologist, and her sister, Khuloud Faris, 41, a psychologist, debate politics as they stroll past campaign posters in Baghdad on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Thanks to a government quota, one in four Iraqi candidates is a woman. Their campaign posters show the diversity of Iraqi women, from ones in lipstick and with their hair uncovered to those wearing traditional headscarves, such as the candidate shown in this poster in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates and their campaign posters ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Thanks to a government quota, one in four Iraqi candidates is a woman. Their campaign posters show the diversity of Iraqi women, from ones wearing traditional headscarves to those with makeup and their hair uncovered, such as the candidate shown in this poster in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates and their campaign posters ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Iraqi candidates includes veteran politicians, engineers, doctors, lawyers, tribesmen and clerics, such as the candidate pictured in this campaign poster in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates and their campaign posters ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Muwaffak al Rubaie, Iraq's former national security adviser, is shown pointing in a campaign poster in Baghdad. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Iraqi campaign posters cover many public surfaces and appear in parks and traffic circles in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates and their campaign posters ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Iraqi campaign posters cover many public surfaces and appear in parks and traffic circles in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates and their campaign posters ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
Iraqi campaign posters are displayed throughout Baghdad, Iraq, even on the sites of collapsed or bombed-out buildings. Iraqis enjoy poking fun at candidates and their campaigns ahead of the March 7 parliamentary elections. (Hannah Allam/MCT)
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