Iraq

Independent UK on the Iraq election

By way of further tempering the enthusiasm for the impact of yesterday's election, the Independent UK weighs in (via Free Press International):

The big television networks have been given a list of five polling stations where they will be "allowed" to film. Close inspection of the list shows that four of the five are in Shi'ite Muslim areas - where the polling will probably be high - and one in an upmarket Sunni area, where it will be moderate.

More here.