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    Iraq Votes amid Intensified Sectarian Violence

    Iraqi voters headed to the polls today in the country's first parliamentary elections since the US troop withdrawal. Voters are choosing from among more than 9,000 candidates vying for just 328 seats. The election comes amid escalating sectarian violence. More than 3,000 people have died in Iraq this year alone.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Iraqi voters headed to the polls today in the country's first parliamentary elections since the US troop withdrawal. Voters are choosing from among more than 9,000 candidates vying for just 328 seats. The election comes amid escalating sectarian violence. More than 3,000 people have died in Iraq this year alone. Matt Bradley, Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, joins us from Baghdad.

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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Matt Bradley

      Wall Street Journal

      NewsNationalPolitics

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    1 of 3
    Is the FCC Backing 'Fast Lanes' for the Internet?
    1. 0:00Iraq Votes amid Intensified Sectarian ViolenceYou’re reading this
    2. 8:16And the Internet Goes to…the Highest Bidder?
    3. 42:50Where Are the Kidnapped Nigerian Girls?
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