Being jerked around by the Iraqis....

[loudnclear]

"The Washington Post reports on how a religious edict issued in June by Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric -- calling for general elections to select the drafters of a new constitution -- forced the U.S to change its plans for political transition. Plus: 'Sistani's Fatwa trumped Bremer.'"

This site has lots of in-depth coverage on issues not usually publicized in the "imbedded (in Bush's butt)media."

www.cursor.org

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"The Washington Post's Anthony Shadid interviews U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces, who "say they are torn between loyalties to family and faith, country and personal welfare. They have yet to determine where they stand." Earlier: U.S.' claims of 130,000 Iraqis in uniform, "suggest a far more formidable force than the one that exists."

[pinkpops]

1. I'm not much for theocracies

But with the Shiite majority calling for near term elections and the tendency to mix politics and religion in the region that seems to be where it is headed. Then again, the situation may not be all that different from the picture in the USA in the future, both in terms of religion/politics and majority trumps minority philosophy.