Iraq lifts car ban during vote hit by attacks

An Iraqi security official said authorities had lifted a ban on car traffic in central Baghdad on Sunday less than four hours into a parliamentary election rocked by scores of rocket, bomb and mortar attacks.

Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi gave no reason for lifting the ban on private cars, which had been implemented to protect voting stations from bomb attacks, but said the restrictions still applied to buses and trucks. (Reuters)