NewsMarch 17, 2005
New democracy
WHAT HAPPENED Iraq's first freely elected parliament in a half-century held its opening session Wednesday. WHO THEY ARE The Shiite clergy-dominated United Iraqi Alliance holds 140 of the 275 seats and the Kurds hold 75. Sunni Arabs, politically prominent under Saddam Hussein, largely boycotted the elections and won few seats...
WHAT HAPPENED
Iraq's first freely elected parliament in a half-century held its opening session Wednesday.
WHO THEY ARE
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The Shiite clergy-dominated United Iraqi Alliance holds 140 of the 275 seats and the Kurds hold 75. Sunni Arabs, politically prominent under Saddam Hussein, largely boycotted the elections and won few seats.
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
Form a government and draft a permanent constitution.
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