Summary
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- At a recent local government meeting in the Rashid neighborhood of south Baghdad, the first item on the agenda was a moment of silence for council members in other districts who had been assassinated. Then the Rashid Council turned to teachers' salaries. Moments later, the whistle and crash of a mortar shell pierced the air.
The council is one of hundreds set up to promote democracy. But democracy is proving an increasingly dangerous business. Several councils, including this one, have been the targets of attacks, and their members labeled U.S. collaborators. Councils now meet under military protection.See the full content of this document
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Local Iraqi Councils Often Tests of Nerves
Weeks away from the June 30 ceremonial transfer of sovereignty to an Iraqi government, Americ...
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