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Win the Iraqi Morning, Win the Iraqi Afternoon

By | 02.20.09 | 9:04 am

The final results of the Iraqi provincial elections are in. Musings on Iraq, the breakaway blog of the prov-elections — Democracy Arsenal’s Ilan Goldenberg once lamented that there’s no Nate Silver for Iraq, but Musings comes close — has a digestible breakdown of Winners, Losers, and More…

So, Sunnis: What Did Voting Get You?

By | 02.05.09 | 12:44 pm

Tallies are still unofficial in the Iraqi provincial elections, but from the perspective of Sunni participation in the political process — one of the biggest imbalances in Iraqi politics that the elections were supposed to redress — it’s looking increasingly grim.