Challenger Ayad Allawi's razor-thin victory is a triumph for the U.S. and for secularism, writes Raymond Tanter, because only Allawi can form an Iraqi government free of meddling from Iran.
A briefing by Raymond Tanter
March 10, 2010
Mr. Tanter began by emphasizing that, since June 12, 2009, Iran has changed more than President Obama's Iran policy. He added that, if U.S. policy led rather than followed the Iranian street, the situation in Iran could be comparable to 1979: As in the revolution of 1979, Iranians again want regime change and today's opposition is inclusive, whereas the 1999 and 2003 protests lacked the broad coalition present in 1979. Today's street protests need to hear more from the United States to broaden the coalition.
Washington, DC—The March 2010 parliamentary elections in Iraq, results of which are rolling in, were at first seen as a milestone in Iraq’s democratic process. But with each passing day since the vote, more and more evidence of vote tampering comes to light.