Can you believe we are discussing the results of an Iraqi election?!
I don't think Sistani will end up in power. I don't even think he ran for a council position.
Stuff I read today ...
Mahdi is the odds on favorite for prime minister because he is the most acceptable to the most representatives and he is much more moderate - even said to have friends in Washington.
The Kurds have nominated Talabani already.
Adnan Pachachi, a secular Sunni leader, called the elections a good thing and said he doesn't question their legitimacy.
Saleh, a member of the Kurdish alliance said it was imperative that the new government include all of Iraq's peoples. "We cannot afford another era of conflict and turbulence."
Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, a member of the UIA said the election was "like a national wedding." "We are heading towards formation of a national reconciliation government" .. . "We are going to spare no time in including all communities -- Sunnis, Shia, Arab and Kurds and Turkoman and Kurdo-Assyrians, Assyrians... "This is going to be one of the most inclusive and certainly the most representative government in the history of Iraq."
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