Early voting begins in Iraq

Early voting has begun in Iraq's parliamentary elections.

Security personnel, detainees and hospital patients were among those allowed to vote ahead of Sunday's election, when most Iraqis will cast their ballots.

Security is tight after Wednesday's suicide bomb attack in the city of Baquba, which killed at least 32 people.

These are only Iraq's second elections for a full parliamentary term since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Al Jazeera's Mike Hanne reports from Baghdad.

[March 4, 2010]