In addition, is an election fully free or democratic if the voter stands a very good chance of having his throat slit for putting his cross in the wrong box?

Please state if you think that the electorate voted on political, or religious/ ethnic lines.

Come on Mr T you're the guy with all the facts at your finger tips.
How many Sunni's voted for Shia candidates?....That would be democracy!!
I think you know very well what the future of Iraq will be.
The Sunni "Facist death squads" that you hate so much are being groomed by the American invaders to stand against the installation of an Islamic republic.

"Why the fuck did we hang that Saddam chappie George?...We need him NOW!!"........Ake