This was the disturbing scene inside an Iraqi hospital on Monday in Khanaqin.<br/> <br />It's where the wounded were taken after a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people at a Kurdish political rally and wounded 50 others.<br/> <br />It was one in a series of attacks that day that killed at least 50 people, just as the country prepares for key national elections on Wednesday.<br/> <br />On Tuesday, many residents of the capital Baghdad vowed to go to polling stations despite the risk of violence.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BAHJAT TALIB, CITIZEN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"This is a crucial election for Iraq to change those that mar and destroy the country, so we have to go to polling stations whatever the condition will be."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) NEZAR KADHIM, CITIZEN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"God willing, we are ready tomorrow to go with our families to take part in the election, everybody will be taking part since it is a crucial election, we will seek to change the reality of the situation from negative to posit
