Problems in Manchester, England at a polling station for Iraqi expats. The BBC reports that “about 200 demonstrators were chased by another group who burned their flags, while other Iraqis clashed with police.”

The reason for the trouble? An Islamic group was protesting against the elections. Some Iraqis objected to being told that they shouldn’t vote.

“David Kahrmann, from the Iraq Election Team, said the protesters “were not even Iraqis”. “The Iraqi community here were saying, ‘Why are these people who are not even from Iraq protesting against these elections?’,”

Indeed.