Disputes between the political and ethnic factions of Iraq are slowly taking their toll in the solidarity of the coalition government and the...

Back in March, millions of Iraqi citizens turned out to vote for their leaders in the 2010 elections despite terrorist threats. There were some signs in Iraq that gave hopeful signs of a possible birth of an Iraqi democracy during the election. Still wary and suspicious of each other, the Kurds, Shi’ites, and the Sunni turned out to put in their votes. As opposed...