Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki speaks at election campaign

Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, is surrounded by his political bloc as he makes a speech during his campaign in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. Al-Maliki resumed his election campaign after the early voting for security forces in the country’s provincial elections.

Supporters of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attend a campaign rally in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. <AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani>