Annointing the occupation

Here's an interesting article on the elections in Iraq. It's by Salim Lone, who worked for the UN in Iraq before his boss was killed there in a bombing. The whole article's worth a read but try this if you;re in a hurry:

The millions of Iraqis, as well as the UN electoral team and the Iraqi election commission staff, who did participate in the process despite the grave risk, deserve our respect. But it was a risk taken in vain. The election was illegitimate, and cannot resolve the rampant insecurity resulting from the occupation. The only way to stop the destruction of Iraq is to end the occupation and enfranchise the Sunnis, who are leading the resistance because they see the US as systematically excluding them from the role they deserve to play in Iraq.