"'Iraq'' Election Aftermath Reveals a Failed State"' by Dr Michael A. Weinstein

During the weeks following the December 15, 2005 elections in Iraq for a four-year parliament, the political future of that country became increasingly clouded. Confirming pre-election projections of PINR analysts Erich Marquardt and Adam Wolfe, preliminary results from the polls registered a sectarian division of the vote with the Shi'a-dominated United Iraqi Alliance taking the largest share, the Kurdish coalition holding on to its base, and the Sunni Arab Tawafaq Front and the secular Iraqi National List trailing. [See: "What to Expect in Iraq After the December 15 Elections"]