Iraq Vows Tough Punishment For Campaign Vandals (ap)

An Iraqi policeman walks past a knocked down campaign poster for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his the State of Law Coalition in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. Ripping a campaign poster is punishable by a jail term of up to one year under a law that has been imposed for the first time for the nation's already highly charged parliamentary election next month. Experts believe the government ban was imposed to prevent opposition parties from tearing down Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki's campaign signs. (AP Photo/ Hadi MizbanAP – With tempers high ahead of Iraq’s national elections next month, even tearing down a campaign poster is a flash point between Sunnis and Shiites.

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