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Fire hits Iraq’s biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official

BAGHDAD, June 10, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A fire ripped through Iraq’s biggest
ballot warehouse on Sunday where votes for the eastern Baghdad district were
stored, before a recount ordered by parliament, a security official said.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately known but it comes as Iraq
prepares for a manual recount of around 10 million votes following
allegations of fraud during the May 12 legislative election that saw a
surprise victory for populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr.

BSS/AFP/ARS/1932 hrs