The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 2, 2010 Violence in Iraq Increases Ahead of Election -------------------------------------------- In Iraq, violence appears to be spiking ahead of Sunday’s general elections. Three hundred fifty-two Iraqis were killed in February, an 80 percent jump over January. .