1.0 link 162805 <![CDATA[Obama's Iraqi Road Bump]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-denselow/obamas-iraqi-road-bump_b_162805.html The relative calm in Iraq and the departure of George Bush from the White House may make it seem like Iraq is history, but ten days is a long time in politics.

President Obama has been in office for ten days proper as he faces the first of a long litany of Middle East elections. Uncertainty is the only certainty for the new president when Iraqis go to the polls today for local elections.

Iraq, such an issue of political...

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