Iraq Democracy

Iraqi Elections: Thousands Of Women Defy Conservative Attitudes And Run For Office

Nytimes.com | SAM DAGHER | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


BAGHDAD -- Amal Kibash, a candidate for the Baghdad provincial council, is running a bold and even feverish campaign by most standards. With elections...

Should We Leave? Ask the Iraqis!

Nancy Kanwisher | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Nancy Kanwisher

Although opinion polls now show that most Americans feel the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to Iraq, there's no agreement on what exactly to do ab...

Dick Cheney Predicts Iraq Will Be A Self-Governing Democracy By 2009

Politico | Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Vice President Cheney today predicted Iraq will be a self-governing democracy by the time he leaves office, calling the current U.S. surge strategy "a...

Bush: No Democracy In Iraq Because Saddam "Killed All The Mandelas"

ThinkProgress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


In a press conference this morning, President Bush tried to assert that Saddam's brutal rule over Iraq wiped the country clean of potential democratic...