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World Scattered explosions occurred as polling stations opened at 7 a.m. (11 p.m. EST). At least three mortar rounds landed near voting centers in the town of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, wounding three people, police said. Several blasts from mortar rounds, rockets or bombs echoed over the capital, including the Green Zone, a fortified government and diplomatic enclave, but police reported no casualties. Iraq's political course will be decisive for President Barack Obama's plans to halve U.S. troop levels over the next five months and withdraw entirely by end-2011. It will also be watched closely by energy companies that have committed themselves to investing billions in Iraq's vast oilfields. Voters in the ethnically and religiously divided country can pick between mainly Shi'ite Islamist parties that have dominated Iraq since Saddam Hussein's fall and their secular rivals. "This election marks another step in the march of our democracy -- and also a test," said President Jalal Talabani, a veteran Kurdish politician seeking another term. No bloc is expected to win a majority, and it may take weeks or months to form a government, risking a vacuum that armed groups such as Iraq's al Qaeda offshoot might exploit. Few elections in the Middle East have been as competitive as this one. Its conduct could determine how democracy in Iraq affects a region used to kings and presidents-for-life. About 6,200 candidates from 86 political groups are vying for 325 parliamentary seats. Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose State of Law coalition is claiming credit for improved security since the peak of sectarian warfare in 2006-07, faces a challenge from one-time partners looking to recapture Shi'ite support. He also takes on a secular list tapping into exasperation with years of conflict, poor public services and corruption, and hoping to gain support from the Sunni minority once dominant under Saddam's rule. Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a secular Shi'ite who heads the cross-sectarian, secularist Iraqiya list, is already complaining about irregularities in early voting. "Iraq, which they wanted to turn into a theater of crimes, has become a theater of democracy, elections and freedom," Maliki said on the eve of the vote. HEAVY SECURITY Last week 600,000 people, including soldiers and detainees, voted early. Up to two million Iraqi expatriates and refugees abroad can also vote. Some of Maliki's rivals allege intimidation and arrests, adding to tensions created by a ban on 400 candidates accused of links to Saddam's outlawed Baath party -- a furor which exposed the lingering divide between Sunnis and Shi'ites. "We need to see the will of the Iraqi people fully exercised in this coming election. Otherwise, Iraq will be thrown back to severe violence," Allawi said as he concluded his campaign. In Anbar province, a Sunni bastion, tribal sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha said Sunnis were hoping the poll would make them feel they had a real stake in their now Shi'ite-dominated country. "Change is our goal. We want to put fresh blood in the political process," said Abu Risha, leader of the so-called Awakening Councils which helped the U.S. military push back a raging al Qaeda-inspired Sunni insurgency. The Islamic State of Iraq, an al Qaeda affiliate that views the Shi'ite-led government as heretical, has warned Iraqis not to vote and vowed to attack those who defy them. Violence has killed at least 49 people in the last few days, including four Iranian pilgrims killed by a car bomb on Saturday in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf. Troops and police were out in force across Iraq's 18 provinces, banning vehicle movement to try and foil car bombers. The 96,000 U.S. troops still in Iraq will stay in the background, underscoring the waning American role in Iraq. Despite sectarian tensions in places such as Salahuddin, a Sunni Arab stronghold where some people still refer to Saddam as "our leader", the election for many Iraqis comes down to despair at joblessness and the miserable state of basic services. "I hope the next government brings change," said Yassin Younis, a government employee in Samarra. "I dream of the day when I wake to hot water and electricity. We've had enough of the terrorism and darkness." 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