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Marines with Combat Service Support Battalion 7, load a sign on an armored assault vehicle to be placed further down the roadway in Baghdadi, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2005. The Marines fortified the Baghdadi polling site with several thousand yards of concertina wire, several high-powered generators, vehicle roadblocks and sturdy barriers. The election will create a 275-member National Assembly and 18 provincial legislatures. The newly elected assembly will draw up the country's permanent constitution and select a president and two deputy presidents, who will name a new prime minister and Cabinet to serve for 11 months until new elections are held.