Iraqi cross street near election banner in Najaf.
Iraqi women cross a street near a damaged building with a banner advertising a list of candidates in the holy city of Najaf, January 29, 2005. Driven by a history of dispossession, Iraq's majority Shi'ites want victory in the Sunday polls to regain what they consider rightfully theirs - political power in the land where Shi'ism was born. TO MOVE WITH TEXT STORY BC-IRAQ-ELECTION-POWER REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber HH/AA