Key Sunni: Iraq facing 'last chance' for democracy
An Iraqi governor and leading Sunni politician said Sunday that the nation's "last chance for democracy" could be derailed if the Shiite prime minister keeps his job despite losing to a Sunni-backed coalition in elections seven months ago.
Ninevah provincial Gov. Atheel al-Nujaifi's warnings show the serious challenges to U.S.-led efforts at bringing Iraq's rival groups together in a unity government. Establishing a workable democracy in Iraq became one of the main US goals of the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. (AP)
