U.S. SOLDIERS CARRIES BALLOT BOX AS AN IRAQI SHEIKH CASTS HIS VOTE IN TIKRIT

A U.S. soldier carries a ballot box as an Iraqi Sheikh casts his vote to elect members for the governing council of the northern Iraqi province of Salah ad Din in Tikrit, at an U.S. army base in Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad September 15, 2003. One hundred and twenty Iraqis from the province, handpicked by the U.S. army, voted to elect a 34-member governing council for the province. REUTERS/Arko Datta