Juan Cole weighs in on the passage of Iraq’s provincial elections law at Informed Comment. While supporting early provincial elections because it could lead to new Sunni political leaders with legitimacy and public support, Cole warns that if strong Sunni rivals emerge, “fundamentalist vigilantes [would] redouble their efforts to destabilize Iraq further.”
September 30th, 2008 at 12:46 am
http://crudeanalysis.typepad.com/crude_analysis/2008/09/al-qaeda-in-iraq-and-the-awakening-councils.html
“Al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Awakening Councils”