Warily, Iraqis Investing Hope in New Leaders
On the cusp of their first permanent government since the American-led invasion, Iraqis are not exactly celebrating. Rather, they seem to be gritting their teeth and clinging grimly to the battered hope for democracy, even in what many see as a strange and uncomfortable incarnation. Iraq, said one Baghdad doctor, is a drowning man, and the prime minister-designate a floating plank. Full Story