Iraq's election marks the final shipwreck of American and British hopes

[kpete]

Iraq's election result: a divided nation
By Patrick Cockburn
Published: 21 December 2005

Iraq is disintegrating. The first results from the parliamentary election last week show the country is dividing between Shia, Sunni and Kurdish regions.

Religious fundamentalists now have the upper hand. The secular and nationalist candidate backed by the US and Britain was humiliatingly defeated.

The Shia religious coalition has won a total victory in Baghdad and the south of Iraq. The Sunni Arab parties who openly or covertly support armed resistance to the US are likely to win large majorities in Sunni provinces. The Kurds have already achieved quasi-independence and their voting reflected that.

The election marks the final shipwreck of American and British hopes of establishing a pro-Western secular democracy in a united Iraq.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article334476.ece

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Gee! I guess no one saw this result coming!

Chalk up another, predictable failure on Smirky The Lesser's resume. That is of course if you think BushCo actually wanted peace between these groups. Creating a world full of enemies certainly allows these guys to seize control of America and guarantee gargantuan profits to their corporate accomplices for decades.