Iraqis losing confidence in political process

[deadparrot]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - After risking their lives to vote and then watching the political leaders they elected haggle fruitlessly for almost three months, many Iraqis have concluded that their new national assembly is incapable of producing a government that can unify and pacify the country.

On Monday the politicians failed again to negotiate a coalition government, following earlier predictions that they would succeed.

Even when they finally do, the hard part will come after they've formed a government. They'll face daunting challenges to their cohesiveness, and Iraq's Shiite Muslim leaders will have to run a country dangerously close to splintering.

Meanwhile, insurgents have staged a series of bloody attacks after what seemed to be a post-election lull, possibly aiming to take advantage of the political uncertainty. They've attacked military, civilian, Iraqi and foreign targets with coordinated bombings and well-planned assaults.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2270&ncid=2270&e=1&u=/krwashbureau/20050425/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_usiraq_wa

[leftofcool]

1. Wot??????????

Say it isn't so!

Left of Cool

[bling bling]

2. Those poor people.

I soooo want there to be a light at the end of the tunnel for them.