Iraq Election

Iraq's January Elections Face Near Certain Delay

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law that pleased minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillar...

Iraqi Parliament Fails To Reach Election Deal

Reuters | Posted 11.23.2009 | World


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could af...

Tariq Al-Hashem, Iraqi Vice-President, Vetoes Election Law, Vote Delay Likely

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president vetoed part of...

Iraq: No Election Deal Made As Lawmakers End Session

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers failed Thursday to agree on an election law for the country's January vote, raising concerns the balloting may be dela...

Iraq Elections' Big Loser May Have Been Iran

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Trenton Daniel and Leila Fadel | Posted 03.09.2009 | World


BAGHDAD -- The pro-Iranian party that's dominated Iraq's political life since the U.S.-sponsored elections in 2005 suffered a huge loss in last Saturd...

Zeinab Sadiq Jaafar and the Battle for Women in Iraq

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 03.07.2009 | World


Madeleine M. Kunin

In comparison to the brave women running for office in Iraq, why are American women so accepting of the political status quo. Why aren't we running for office more often? What do we risk?

Iraqi elections avoid violence but complaints loom

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 03.03.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Passing through razor-wire cordons and police checkpoints, Iraqi voters Saturday took another step in the nation's quest for stability...

Iraq Elections: Will Democracy Trump Violence?

Huffington Post, AP | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.02.2009 | World


Iraq is preparing for Saturday's provincial elections, the first elections in the country since 2005 and widely viewed as a test of the country's stab...

Iraq Ballot Vote Sees Allegations Of Corruption, Intimidation

The National Newspaper | Posted 02.22.2009 | World


BAGHDAD // It was the country's first ballot of 2009 -- a year that could see 10 different elections in Iraq -- and according to some voters, it was m...