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巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，失火仓库冒出浓烟。 伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，失火仓库冒出浓烟。 伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，伊拉克安全人员和消防人员在火灾现场工作。伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。 新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，伊拉克安全人员和消防人员在火灾现场工作。伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。 新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，伊拉克安全人员和消防人员在火灾现场工作。伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。 新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
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Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (1) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, heavy smoke blew up in the smoked warehouse in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (2) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, heavy smoke blew up in the smoked warehouse in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photograph by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (3) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, Iraqi security personnel and firefighters worked in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (4) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, Iraqi security personnel and firefighters worked in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (5) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, Iraqi security personnel and firefighters worked in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
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A storage site housing half of Baghdad's ballot boxes from Iraq's parliamentary election in May has caught fire, just days after parliament demanded a nationwide recount of votes.
Key points:
The fire has drawn calls for the election to be re-run.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi described the fire as a "plot" aimed at Iraq's democracy.
"Burning election warehouses … is a plot to harm the nation and its democracy," Mr Abadi said in a statement.
"We will take all necessary measures and strike with an iron fist all who undermine the security of the nation and its citizens."
An Interior Ministry spokesman said later the fire was confined to one of four warehouses at the site, and state television said the ballot boxes were being moved to another location under heavy security.
Authorities did not say whether they believed the fire was deliberately set, but its timing undermined the results of an election whose validity was already in doubt.
Fewer than 45 per cent of voters cast a ballot, a record low, and allegations of fraud began almost immediately after the vote.
Who is Moqtada al-Sadr?
In a shock victory, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc has won the Iraq election.
Mr Abadi, whose electoral alliance came third in the election, said on Tuesday (local time) a government investigation had found serious violations and blamed Iraq's independent elections commission for most of them.
Parliament mandated a full manual recount the next day.
The Independent High Elections Commission had used electronic vote-counting devices to tally the results.
A recount could undermine nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iran's sway in Iraq.
Mr Sadr's bloc won the largest number of seats in the election.
One of Mr Sadr's top aides expressed concern that some parties were trying to sabotage the cleric's victory.
Salim al-Jabouri, the outgoing speaker of parliament, said the fire showed the election should be repeated.
"The crime of burning ballot-box storage warehouses in the Rusafa area is a deliberate act, a planned crime, aimed at hiding instances of fraud and manipulation of votes, lying to the Iraqi people and changing their will and choices," he said in a statement.
Photo: Firefighters were trying to stop the fire from spreading to the remaining three warehouses. (Reuters: Khalid al-Mousily)
Mr Jabouri narrowly lost his seat in May and had been one of the strongest proponents of a recount before the fire.
His call was seconded by Vice-President Iyad Allawi, the leader of the electoral alliance Mr Jabouri ran as part of.
Top Sadr aide Dhiaa al-Asadi said the fire was a plot aimed at forcing a repeat of the election and hiding fraud.
"Whoever burned the election equipment and document storage site had two goals: either cancelling the election or destroying the stuffed ballots counted amongst the results," he tweeted.
The fire took place at a Trade Ministry site in Baghdad where the election commission stored the ballot boxes from al-Rusafa, the half of Baghdad on the eastern side of the Tigris river.
Photo: Supporters celebrated in Baghdad when initial results hinted at Mr Sadr's victory. (AP: Hadi Mizban)
Baghdad is Iraq's most populous province, accounting for 71 seats out of the Iraqi parliament's 329.
The site was divided into four warehouses, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan said.
Only one — housing electronic equipment and documents — had burned down, he said.
Firefighters were trying to stop the fire from spreading to the remaining three warehouses, where the ballot boxes were stored, he said.
"It is possible there were also some ballot boxes in the warehouse that caught fire, but most of the important boxes are in the three warehouses where the fire has been controlled," he said in a video message from the site of the fire.
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Video: Mr al-Sadr's bloc won 54 seats in the parliament. (Photo -Reuters: Alaa Al-Marjani) (ABC News)
The law mandating a manual recount also mandated the board of the election commission be replaced by judges.
Earlier on Sunday, the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq's highest judicial authority, named the judges to replace the commissioners.
The council also named judges to replace the commission's local chiefs in each of Iraq's 18 provinces, another measure mandated by parliament.
The board of commissioners has said it would appeal against the law forcing the recount.
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Iraq ballot warehouse up in flames before election recount
Officials suggested the fire at Baghdad's largest ballot storage site was deliberate. Earlier this week parliament ordered a manual recount of the May vote amid allegations of fraud.
A fire raged through Baghdad’s largest ballot storage site on Sunday, just days after parliament ordered a recount of May’s election results amid accusations of fraud.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called the fire “a plot to harm the nation and its democracy.”
"We will take all necessary measures and strike with an iron fist all who undermine the security of the nation and its citizens," Abadi said in a statement.
The fire was confined to one of four warehouses in Baghdad's al-Russafa district, where 60 percent of the capital's 2 million eligible voters had cast their ballots.
The interior ministry said no ballot boxes were destroyed in the fire, which engulfed a warehouse containing vote counting machines and other election equipment.
Firefighters at the Baghdad storage center
Iraq’s Independent High Elections Commission had used electronic vote-counting devices for the first time in the May 12 election.
Some of the allegations of fraud have centered on tests of electronic voting machines, which produced varied results.
Abadi’s government on Tuesday said an investigation found serious violations and blamed the elections commission for most of them. Parliament ordered a manual recount the next day.
Abadi’s bloc came in third in the election, which was marked by low turnout.
Outgoing parliamentary speaker Salim al-Jabouri, who lost his seat in the election and was of the more outspoken proponents of the recount before the fire, called for fresh elections.
"The crime of burning ballot box storage warehouses in the Russafa area is a deliberate act, a planned crime, aimed at hiding instances of fraud and manipulation of votes, lying to the Iraqi people and changing their will and choices. We call for the election to be repeated," he said.
Watch video 02:02
Muqtada al-Sadr: From militia leader to politician
Opponents of the recount have pointed out that many of those who voted for it lost seats in the election. The bloc of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, which won the most seats in the election, boycotted the vote.
Sadr aide Dhiaa al-Asadi described the fire as a plot designed to force a repeat of the election and hide fraud.
"Whoever burned the election equipment and document storage site had two goals: either cancelling the election or destroying the stuffed ballots counted amongst the results," he tweeted, suggesting some were trying to sabotage Sadr’s gains.
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巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，失火仓库冒出浓烟。 伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，失火仓库冒出浓烟。 伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，伊拉克安全人员和消防人员在火灾现场工作。伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。 新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，伊拉克安全人员和消防人员在火灾现场工作。伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。 新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
巴格达存放大选投票箱的仓库发生大火
2018年06月11日 03:34:19 | 来源： 新华网
6月10日，在伊拉克首都巴格达，伊拉克安全人员和消防人员在火灾现场工作。伊拉克首都巴格达存放5月12日新一届国民议会选举投票箱的仓库于10日发生大火。 新华社发（哈利勒·达伍德 摄）
Http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2018-06/11/c_1122965081.htm
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (1) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, heavy smoke blew up in the smoked warehouse in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (2) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, heavy smoke blew up in the smoked warehouse in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photograph by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (3) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, Iraqi security personnel and firefighters worked in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (4) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, Iraqi security personnel and firefighters worked in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
Baghdad store fires at large warehouse ballot box
June 11, 2018 03:34:19 | Source: Xinhuanet
(International) (5) A fire broke out in the warehouse in Baghdad where the ballot box was held
On June 10, Iraqi security personnel and firefighters worked in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Iraqi capital Baghdad stored a warehouse on the 12th of May in the new National Assembly election ballot box on the 10th. Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Khalil Dawood)
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Iraq election ballot warehouse catches fire in Baghdad ahead of recount
Updated about an hour ago
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Video: Iraq election ballot warehouse catches fire in Baghdad ahead of recount (ABC News)
Related Story: At least 18 killed in Baghdad blast
Related Story: Who is Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's new hardline leader with an anti-US military past?
Related Story: Iraq hits the polls for first time since defeating Islamic State
A storage site housing half of Baghdad's ballot boxes from Iraq's parliamentary election in May has caught fire, just days after parliament demanded a nationwide recount of votes.
Key points:
- The fire broke out at a Trade Ministry site where the ballot boxes were stored
- Only one of the four warehouses on the site had burned down
- Most of the important boxes are in the three warehouses where the fire has been controlled
The fire has drawn calls for the election to be re-run.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi described the fire as a "plot" aimed at Iraq's democracy.
"Burning election warehouses … is a plot to harm the nation and its democracy," Mr Abadi said in a statement.
"We will take all necessary measures and strike with an iron fist all who undermine the security of the nation and its citizens."
An Interior Ministry spokesman said later the fire was confined to one of four warehouses at the site, and state television said the ballot boxes were being moved to another location under heavy security.
Authorities did not say whether they believed the fire was deliberately set, but its timing undermined the results of an election whose validity was already in doubt.
Fewer than 45 per cent of voters cast a ballot, a record low, and allegations of fraud began almost immediately after the vote.
Who is Moqtada al-Sadr?
In a shock victory, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc has won the Iraq election.
Mr Abadi, whose electoral alliance came third in the election, said on Tuesday (local time) a government investigation had found serious violations and blamed Iraq's independent elections commission for most of them.
Parliament mandated a full manual recount the next day.
The Independent High Elections Commission had used electronic vote-counting devices to tally the results.
A recount could undermine nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iran's sway in Iraq.
Mr Sadr's bloc won the largest number of seats in the election.
One of Mr Sadr's top aides expressed concern that some parties were trying to sabotage the cleric's victory.
Salim al-Jabouri, the outgoing speaker of parliament, said the fire showed the election should be repeated.
"The crime of burning ballot-box storage warehouses in the Rusafa area is a deliberate act, a planned crime, aimed at hiding instances of fraud and manipulation of votes, lying to the Iraqi people and changing their will and choices," he said in a statement.
Photo: Firefighters were trying to stop the fire from spreading to the remaining three warehouses. (Reuters: Khalid al-Mousily) Mr Jabouri narrowly lost his seat in May and had been one of the strongest proponents of a recount before the fire.
His call was seconded by Vice-President Iyad Allawi, the leader of the electoral alliance Mr Jabouri ran as part of.
Top Sadr aide Dhiaa al-Asadi said the fire was a plot aimed at forcing a repeat of the election and hiding fraud.
"Whoever burned the election equipment and document storage site had two goals: either cancelling the election or destroying the stuffed ballots counted amongst the results," he tweeted.
The fire took place at a Trade Ministry site in Baghdad where the election commission stored the ballot boxes from al-Rusafa, the half of Baghdad on the eastern side of the Tigris river.
Photo: Supporters celebrated in Baghdad when initial results hinted at Mr Sadr's victory. (AP: Hadi Mizban) Baghdad is Iraq's most populous province, accounting for 71 seats out of the Iraqi parliament's 329.
The site was divided into four warehouses, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Saad Maan said.
Only one — housing electronic equipment and documents — had burned down, he said.
Firefighters were trying to stop the fire from spreading to the remaining three warehouses, where the ballot boxes were stored, he said.
"It is possible there were also some ballot boxes in the warehouse that caught fire, but most of the important boxes are in the three warehouses where the fire has been controlled," he said in a video message from the site of the fire.
Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.
Video: Mr al-Sadr's bloc won 54 seats in the parliament. (Photo -Reuters: Alaa Al-Marjani) (ABC News)
The law mandating a manual recount also mandated the board of the election commission be replaced by judges.
Earlier on Sunday, the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq's highest judicial authority, named the judges to replace the commissioners.
The council also named judges to replace the commission's local chiefs in each of Iraq's 18 provinces, another measure mandated by parliament.
The board of commissioners has said it would appeal against the law forcing the recount.
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Iraq ballot warehouse up in flames before election recount
Officials suggested the fire at Baghdad's largest ballot storage site was deliberate. Earlier this week parliament ordered a manual recount of the May vote amid allegations of fraud.
A fire raged through Baghdad’s largest ballot storage site on Sunday, just days after parliament ordered a recount of May’s election results amid accusations of fraud.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called the fire “a plot to harm the nation and its democracy.”
"We will take all necessary measures and strike with an iron fist all who undermine the security of the nation and its citizens," Abadi said in a statement.
The fire was confined to one of four warehouses in Baghdad's al-Russafa district, where 60 percent of the capital's 2 million eligible voters had cast their ballots.
The interior ministry said no ballot boxes were destroyed in the fire, which engulfed a warehouse containing vote counting machines and other election equipment.
Firefighters at the Baghdad storage center
Iraq’s Independent High Elections Commission had used electronic vote-counting devices for the first time in the May 12 election.
Some of the allegations of fraud have centered on tests of electronic voting machines, which produced varied results.
Abadi’s government on Tuesday said an investigation found serious violations and blamed the elections commission for most of them. Parliament ordered a manual recount the next day.
Abadi’s bloc came in third in the election, which was marked by low turnout.
Outgoing parliamentary speaker Salim al-Jabouri, who lost his seat in the election and was of the more outspoken proponents of the recount before the fire, called for fresh elections.
"The crime of burning ballot box storage warehouses in the Russafa area is a deliberate act, a planned crime, aimed at hiding instances of fraud and manipulation of votes, lying to the Iraqi people and changing their will and choices. We call for the election to be repeated," he said.
Watch video 02:02
Muqtada al-Sadr: From militia leader to politician
Opponents of the recount have pointed out that many of those who voted for it lost seats in the election. The bloc of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, which won the most seats in the election, boycotted the vote.
Sadr aide Dhiaa al-Asadi described the fire as a plot designed to force a repeat of the election and hide fraud.
"Whoever burned the election equipment and document storage site had two goals: either cancelling the election or destroying the stuffed ballots counted amongst the results," he tweeted, suggesting some were trying to sabotage Sadr’s gains.
cw,es/aw (AFP, Reuters)
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