Sunni Party Back in Iraqi Elections

Via the Commissar who notes that the big news is waaaay down at the bottom of this AP article:

There were already signs that Sunni ranks were breaking: One group that had called for a delay, the Iraqi Islamic Party, quietly submitted a 275-candidate list Thursday. ...

The announcement by the Iraqi Islamic Party to submit a list of candidates suggested Sunni Arabs have begun to see the vote as inevitable. Senior party official Ayad al-Samarrai said the move was meant to prove the party was serious about elections, but will need to evaluate the situation further before deciding whether to contest the vote.

"We're reserving our right" to participate in the elections, al-Samarrai said. "Toward the end, we will decide."

Another bit of bad news from the article was that the Shiite majority has submitted a unified list of candidates with both Islamist and secularist on the list. If an Islamist coalition succeeds in taking power in Iraq, than our invasion will be worst than in vain. An Islamist Iraq is more dangerous to the security of the United States than one under the socialist dictatorship of Saddam's Baath Party.

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