Overall, if you compare it to January it has been incredibly peaceful.

Until now, unless Mrs Rice has better information than the commission, there is no way to know the turnout figure and the result. I don't know where she got her information from.

Iraq should be proud of the commission.

asking, begging military commanders precisely not to do that.

This has been a much more solid operation than the one we saw in January, ... It has been a peaceable election. Voters were much better prepared.

Enormous numbers of voters have gone to the polls peacefully.