Tamer El-Ghobashy, Author at Concord Monitor

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Iraqi electoral officials work to salvage ballot boxes as smoke rises from a fire that broke out at Baghdad's largest ballot box storage site, where ballots from Iraq's May parliamentary elections are stored, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 10, 2018. The ballots are part of a manual recount of votes, mandated in a law passed by the Iraqi parliament last Wednesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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Fire engulfs warehouse storing Iraq election ballots in latest setback for troubled vote

by Tamer El-Ghobashy Washington Post, and Mustafa Salim Washington PostJune 10, 2018

A fire engulfed a depot on Sunday where ballots from Iraq’s national elections were being stored ahead of a full manual recount, the latest setback for a process that had already been mired in accusations of fraud and other violations.The blaze sent…