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Tentative Hope Rises Ahead of Elections in Baghdad

Dahr Jamail by Dahr Jamail
January 28th, 2009 | Inter Press Service

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BAGHDAD — Uncertainty and tension are running high in Baghdad ahead of the provincial election due Jan. 31. But this time fears are also touched by a new hope.

“Iraq is transitioning into something more stable,” former Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi told IPS. “The U.S. is pulling out soon because of the new administration, so Iraqis need to take matters into their own…

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