{"id":1240,"date":"2005-12-10T00:25:43","date_gmt":"2005-12-10T00:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2012-11-01T18:16:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T18:16:41","slug":"masque-of-democracy-iraqi-election-system-still-disfavors-sunni-arabs-favors-kurds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/masque-of-democracy-iraqi-election-system-still-disfavors-sunni-arabs-favors-kurds\/","title":{"rendered":"Masque of Democracy: Iraqi Election System Still Disfavors Sunni Arabs, Favors Kurds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"pdfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/0512bm35.pdf\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(printable PDF version)<\/a> <a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0512bm35.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(HTML version)<\/a> <span class=\"varPubSum\">by Carl Conetta, <em>PDA Briefing Memo #35<\/em>, 10 December 2005. 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