United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed to all Iraqis for reconciliation "on all sides" after the country's national elections. (The Australian)

France: Iraqi elections success of int'l community. (XINHUA online [China])

Mubarak congratulates Iraqi elections. (XINHUA online [China])

DeLay: Democracy Takes Root in Iraq; Iraqi Elections Show Success in War on Terror

The International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) has published its first preliminary assessments of the Iraqi elections. The assessments were transmitted to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) and posted in Arabic and English at www.imie.ca following the close of polls in Iraq today.

Iraq election: What happens after the ballots are counted? (The Independent [UK])