Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq put turnout at 72 percent

Iraqis Vote Despite Attacks; 44 Killed
Mariam Fam/AP on Yahoo Original Article

Iraqis defied threats of violence and calls for a boycott to cast ballots in Iraq's first free election in a half-century Sunday. Insurgents seeking to wreck the vote struck polling stations with a string of suicide bombings and mortar volleys, killing at least 44 people, including nine suicide bombers.