(23 Mar 1996) T/I: 11:13:01 GS 10:24:06
Iraqis geared up Saturday (23/3) for their largest parliamentary elections as they struggled under the crippling effects of a
five-year international economic embargo. Iraq is taking only a calculated risk in allowing candidates officially deemed to be independent to take part in the polls as, if elected, they will be on the outside of a one-party state that has total control of the country.
SHOWS
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, RECENT
00.00 cars in street
00.05 pull out from election banner to ws cafe
00.11 man walks past banner
00.14 posters on windows and walls
00.17 cu poster for male candidate
00.19 cu poster for female candidate
00.22 man smoothing posters on wall
00.25 man reading paper
00.29 ws newspaper stall
00.32 cu paper with saddam hussein photo
00.34 cu 2nd paper with saddam hussein photo
00.37 ws election meeting, shot from behind speaker
00.40 ms candidate speaking
00.45 ms audience
00.48 pull out from cu man, to ws with applause (at 00.49)
00.54 man peering at election posters
00.58 crowded cafe with men playing board game
01.04 ws outside busy cafe
01.08 VISION ENDS
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