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  • Democracy from Scratch (One Baghdad neighborhood's halting steps toward self-rule)

    12/04/2003 3:29:43 PM PST · by saquin · 29+ views
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | 12/05/03 | Howard LaFranchi
    BAGHDAD - Maj. Arthur Vidal, a big, mustachioed soldier with the gusto of an operatic baritone, strides helmeted and flak-jacketed into the dingy foyer of the Sadr City District Advisory Council building, and sums up the scene before him. "Ah, welcome to Democracy 101!" booms the civil-affairs officer, before adding, "Make that Democracy 101 - Phase 2." On this recent afternoon, the US-created district council for Sadr City - a rundown section of Baghdad with exhausted infrastructure, 2 million people, and too few jobs - is to elect a new chairman. The previous chairman, Mohammed al-Kaabi, was shot and killed...