Fourteen candidates murdered as violence rages across nation ahead of post-American Iraq elections

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Wave of Iraq attacks kills 50 ahead of polls

AFP – Dozens of attacks across Iraq, including a brazen car bombing on the way to Baghdad airport, killed 50 people on Monday, just days before the country’s first elections since US troops withdrew. The violence, which mostly struck during morning rush hour amid tightened security ahead of the polls.