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Iraqi soldiers read a poster outside a polling station.
Iraqi soldiers read a poster outside a polling station as they wait in line to vote along with other Iraqi security forces in Hayji, Iraq, on Dec. 12, 2005. Iraqi citizens will be voting on Dec. 15, 2005, to elect Iraq's first free, permanent parliamentary government.