IRAQ: Shi’ite win in Iraq elections vindicates US role*

The success of Shi’ite candidates in Iraq’s first democratic general election will pose a new test for the country, and vindicates the role of the Bush Administration in pushing ahead with the ballot despite daily car-bombings by Sunni insurgents.The party of the pro-American interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, failed to win a large share of the vote, securing just 14 per cent.About 60 per cent of Iraq’s 25 million people are Shi’ite Arabs, 35 per cent are Sunni Arabs and Kurds, and the balance…

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