aina.org - 1/31/2009
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(AINA) -- Iraq's provincial elections, to be held on January 31, are of great importance for its minorities. Fears are growing, however, in the Nineveh Plain, an area within the Province of Nineveh that has experienced electoral rigging and voting irregularities. In the coming provincial ...
commentarymagazine.com - 2/2/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
Results are still being tallied in Iraq’s provincial
election, but preliminary returns, as reported by Dubai’s Al-Sharqiyah...
television, sound on the whole like good news from the standpoint of the United States — and bad news from ...
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Encouraging Results in Iraq
americanprogress.org - 1/28/2009
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americanprogress.org —
Understanding the Tensions within Iraq’s Majority By Matthew
Duss , Peter Juul | January 28, 2009 Read...
the full report (pdf) Download the executive summary (pdf) Background brief: Major Shia political groups Background brief: Shia Islam On January 31, ...
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The Fractured Shia of Iraq: Understanding the Tensions ...
strata-sphere.com - 1/31/2009
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strata-sphere.com —
Major Update: From a tip I saw over
at Black Five, this election is more historic than...
I first thought. The al Qaeda version of Islam designates women as property which can be stoned for transgressing strict male rules. In Iraq's version of Islam ...
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Victory In Iraq - Democracy Flourishes
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(Most of) Iraq Votes
Newshoggers.com —
... aspirations as the primary future source of violence. Then there's the resurgent Sunni minority, where the old and entirely undemocratic tribal power structure is set to be the election winner. And among Shiites, factional infighting which has fractured Maliki's own coalition heavily, looks to be another potential source of future violence. We may not know the full results for a month or more and there are going to be divisive allegations of intimidation, vote-rigging and double-crossing to navigate.
These elections are a good thing, ...
(Most of) Iraq Votes
Crooks and Liars —
... aspirations as the primary future source of violence. Then there's the resurgent Sunni minority, where the old and entirely undemocratic tribal power structure is set to be the election winner. And among Shiites, factional infighting which has fractured Maliki's own coalition heavily, looks to be another potential source of future violence. We may not know the full results for a month or more and there are going to be divisive allegations of intimidation, vote-rigging and double-crossing to navigate.
These elections are a good thing, ...
Iraq holds peaceful provincial elections, but sectarian tensions remain
The Reaction —
... Sunni minority, where the old and entirely undemocratic tribal power structure is set to be the election winner. And among Shiites, factional infighting which has fractured Maliki's own coalition heavily, looks to be another potential source of future violence. We may not know the full results for a month or more and there are going to be divisive allegations of intimidation, vote-rigging and double-crossing to navigate. ...
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