Lets cut to the chase. What is the Iraq government?

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1. Just so we don't forget

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraqelect/primer.htm





What was the role of the United States in the election?

The United States had no direct responsibility or authority over any aspect of the election whatsoever. Iraq has exclusive jurisdiction through its Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq.

Nevertheless, the United States has assisted the free, democratic process in Iraq through a variety of means, from the U.S. government to a host of private and voluntary nongovernmental organizations. On a non-partisan basis, Americans have sponsored exchange programs, trained election workers and observers, conducted voter education, and held workshops on the building of democracy and a civil society.

Specifically, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor have provided support through a consortium of three U.S. nongovernmental organizations, and a $40 million grant to assist the Independent Electoral Commission. Other funding supported non-partisan work to support and strengthen political parties/entities, civil society, and domestic election monitors.


That Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq sounds pretty official doesn't it? Where did it come from?


http://www.answers.com/topic/independent-electoral-commission-of-iraq

Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) is Iraq's electoral commission. It was set up in May 2004 by the Coalition Provisional Authority to begin work towards holding an election in the country. The electoral commission is headed by a nine member board. Seven of those members are voting and must be Iraqi citizens. The other two members are the Chief Electoral Officer and an outside expert appointed by the United Nations. In the 2005 election the expert was Colombian Carlos Valenzuela. The current Chief Electoral Officer is Adil Lami. The commission set up and ran the January 2005 Iraqi legislative election as well as the simultaneous elections for provincial governments and the Kurdistan Regional Government. It also set up the voting places in fourteen nations outside of Iraq. The Commission is also tasked with dealing with complaints about the election. In the lead up to the 2005 election the Commission had some 6000 employees. Several Commission workers were killed by insurgents. Many more quit because of the danger, or refused to go to dangerous parts of the country.


Who is that Coalition Provisional Authority that set up the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq? Well, thats the Bush regime isn't?

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2. fractured and dissolving....