Judith Yaphe

Middle East Project Director, National Defense University

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Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies; former political analyst on the Middle East at the CIA

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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…

The Iraqi People Have Voted Again: What's Next?

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.

The Iraqi People Have Voted Again: What's Next?

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

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Six years ago, almost 3000 Americans died in attacks orchestrated by al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden. Today, Washington is preoccupied by the war in Iraq.

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