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Iraqis voted in peaceful and orderly provincial elections, another sign that the improved security environment forged by the surge is sustainable.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Iraqis voted in peaceful and orderly provincial elections, another sign that the improved security environment forged by the surge is sustainable. Prime Minister Maliki's Dawa party, running as the party of law and order, appears to have drubbed the main Shiite religious party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, which was hampered by its support for federalism, its connections to Iran, and its ineffectuality. In Sunni areas, the elections were an opportunity for those who had boycotted provincial elections in 2005 finally to come all the way in from the cold, moving from supporting the insurgency to taking positions on provincial councils. But the established Iraqi Islamic party, which had ...

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