Dr. Sabah Kadhim, Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Interior puts today's violence in context during an interview on CNN:

"So, if you like, it's not just on election day, the difference is we have terrorism today, we have them yesterday, we will have them tomorrow. The difference will be that the Iraqi people have elected a government that is legitimate, that will be much stronger in dealing with them. That's one, and the other one, the fact that there is far more mutual confidence between the multi-national forces and the Iraqi forces will help to terminate the terrorists."