Joost Hiltermann

Middle East Deputy Program Director, International Crisis Group

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Middle East Deputy Program Director of the International Crisis Group, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent conflict around the world, and author of A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja

Joost Hiltermann on KCRW

Nineteen million people were eligible to vote for 6200 candidates nationwide with 325 parliamentary seats at stake.  Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission says 62% turned out…

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Nineteen million people were eligible to vote yesterday for 6200 candidates nationwide with 325 parliamentary seats at stake.

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Today's Washington Post says that, as British troops pull back from the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Shiite militias are battling among themselves .

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Today's Washington Post says that, as British troops pull back from the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Shiite militias are battling among themselves .

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