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The Ironies of Post-Election Iraq NPR's senior news analyst looks at the aftermath of Iraq's Jan. 30 election, which he says has produced a confused post-election situation. He says that one of the ironies of the Iraqi election is that it helped to bring about a Shiite-dominated government that may be close to the co-religionists in Iran.
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NPR's senior news analyst looks at the aftermath of Iraq's Jan. 30 election, which he says has produced a confused post-election situation. He says that one of the ironies of the Iraqi election is that it helped to bring about a Shiite-dominated government that may be close to the co-religionists in Iran.