Iraq Politics Elections And Benchmarks

Download or read book Iraq: Politics, Elections and Benchmarks written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iraq's political system, the result of a U.S.-supported election process, continues to be riven by sectarianism and ethnic and factional infighting. The Administration is expressing optimism that the passage of key laws in 2008, including a law to govern new provincial elections to held in early 2009, will heal remaining rifts and continue to reduce violence. See CRS Report RL31339, Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, by Kenneth Katzman.