Iraqis Creating Ethnically-Balanced Govt.

Despite all the nay-saying on the Left. The Iraqi representatives assembled in Baghdad are putting into place a government the allows the three very different factions - Shi'ites, Sunnis & Kurds.

They appointed a Sunni as their Speaker of the National Assembly, despite the fact that they represent a small minority. And they seem poised to elect a Kurdish President and Shi'ite Prime Minister, with the two Vice-Presidential positions given to a Sunni and a Shi'ite.

"I think we really have achieved a lot. We have witnessed that the number of [terrorist] attacks has been reduced by a third, and I think it will continue to go down," said Mr. [Adnan] Ali [a Dawa party spokesman], speaking by telephone from Baghdad.

"The more the political process takes place and assures the Iraqis it is genuine and not a game, I think this will push Iraqis to believe this democratic process is true," he said.

Why doesn't this good news make the front page of the NY Times? Ah forget it, that's a whole other story.

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