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Thread #117126   Message #2553400
Posted By: Sawzaw
30-Jan-09 - 10:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why Iraq Was a Mistake, Teribus...
Subject: RE: BS: Why Iraq Was a Mistake, Teribus...
Bobert: This is just a sidebar. It is on the aljazeera.net website'a         
FOCUS: IRAQI ELECTIONS
Timeline: Iraqi Elections

For the first time since 2005, Iraqis are heading back to the polls to vote in new provincial elections that are likely to reshape the political landscape.

Sunni Arabs, who boycotted the 2005 elections, are expected to make a strong showing.

Here is a timeline of key political events that have shaped the Iraqi political process since US-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003...........

Excerpt:
May 20: Ahmed Chalabi, the one-time Pentagon favourite and a prime instigator of the Iraq invasion, has his Baghdad offices raided by US forces. This marks a turning point in relations.

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/iraq/2009/01/200912981139534809.html


HMMMM I don't see Al Jazz beating up on GWB. Could it be that they don't know what is going on in their own part of the world?