Faleh A Jabar unravels the seeming paradoxes of the Iraqi election

The Iraqi elections asserted the preeminence of the united Shia groups and put an end to the ambitions of a number of political claimants. The challenge now is to properly integrate the Sunna, writes Abbas Kadhim

Were the Iraqi elections a solution or a quandary? Mohamed El-Anwar from Baghdad assesses the post-elections results

A reign of terror overwhelms Iraq even as news of the election results recede into relative insignificance, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad

Confident of electoral victory the United Iraqi Alliance has begun to outline Iraq's new political order, writes Omayma Abdel-Latif

Salah Al-Mokhtar assesses the strategic goals of the Iraqi elections

Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad examines the possible alliances that will emerge following Sunday's election in Iraq

Does hype and spin make the Iraqi elections successful? Omayma Abdel-Latif asks Iraqi observers

Nermeen Al-Mufti takes stock of Sunday's elections across Iraq

In Sunday's vote Iraqis sent two messages. Neither of the intended recipients is listening, writes Abbas Kadhim

Ahmed Mukhtar reports from Najaf on the elections day mood

The Bush administration's latest spin, portraying Iraq's elections as "a resounding success", is not likely to stand for long, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

Caught between a political process of questionable legitimacy and a dire security situation, Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday. Omayma Abdel-Latif writes

Election euphoria hits Iraq on the eve of the much-hyped polls, reports Nermeen Al-Mufti from Baghdad

As the elections scheduled for 30 January draw closer it is fear, not optimism, that has come to determine how Iraqis think and behave, writes Aziz Jabour

The secretary-general of the Central Council of Arab and Iraqi Tribes talks to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad

The dead do not vote, writes Sinan Antoon. But neither, in Iraq, are they counted

Secular democracy in the shadow of occupation does not sit well with a deeply religious society. But can Iraqi voters abroad make a difference, asks Abbas Kadhim in San Fransisco

Jordan, alarmed by the prospect of a Shia-dominated government brought about by next week's election in Iraq, anxiously awaits its eastern neighbour's political fortunes, writes Mohamed Abu Ruman from Amman

Harith Al-Dhari, head of the Muslim Scholars Association, spoke to Mohamed Al-Anwar in Baghdad about the US attempts to court Iraq's Sunnis

In Baghdad Nermeen Al-Mufti asks Iraqis what they make of the forthcoming polls