Democracy takes root in Iraq

news.bbc.co.uk — History may look back on the provincial elections held on the last day of January this year and see them as the point at which it could be said that Iraq had turned a corner and was heading towards a stable, democratic future. On the security level alone, the polling passed off more peacefully than even the most optimistic had dared hope. Feb 8, 2009 View in Crawl 4