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As the article mentions the delay will in all probability make it impossible to hold elections in January and this in turn may delay the withdrawal of US troops. Sending the bill back to parliament could very well reopen other issues. The Kurds...
Tags: Iraq elections, Sunnis in Iraq, Iraq election law, Kurds
The election law just managed to pass the parliament last weekend after many delays and a compromise that has left the status of the city of Kirkuk unresolved. Many Sunni's have been displaced as there has been what is in effect ethnic cleansing in certain...
Tags: Iraq election law, Iraq election, displaced persons in Iraq
This is surprising as the parliament seemed deadlocked on the Kirkuk question among others. As the article points out the US was putting a lot of pressure on the parliament to pass a law because it is important that the election go ahead in terms...
Two major hurdles for the election law are agreeing on the status of the city of Kirkuk and on voting for individuals rather than closed party lists. It would seem that a January vote is almost impossible now so the vote will have to be postponed....