Last week, Iraqi immigrants in 15 countries flocked to polling stations to elect their home country?s new administration. Sweden , with a Iraqi population of almost 100,000 and of which about 60% are eligible to vote, had voting posts set up in Kista, Skarpnack, and Goteborg. Iraqis from Norway and Finland were also allowed to the Swedish voting stations, and people came en mass for the historic ballot. December 15 was the third and final day of voting, and a failed attack cast a shadow over the joyfulness of Iraqis, many of whom had waited their whole lives for opportunity to vote.

Most of the Iraqi Swedes emigrated under Saddam?s rule as political refugees. Nevertheless, the bomb attempt confirms that some individuals in Sweden do not approve of the regime change in Iraq.