Iraq elects Kurdish President:

[Flatlander]

Saddam Hussein unhappy:

[size=-1]"He was clearly upset. He realized that it was over, that a democratic process had taken place and that there was a new, elected president," Bakhtiar Amin told Reuters, saying Saddam's senior lieutenants had also been shown the footage.[/size]

From this article.

And I am loving it.

Interestingly, this is the first Arab nation to have a non-Arab leader.

 

[dubljay]

Wow, this is pretty big. A step in the right direction, provided it doesn't get blown to hell before it can stabilize.

 

[ginshun]

Very interesting.

I didn't see that coming, I thought for sure there would be a Shiite elected.

 

[TonyM.]

I saw it walking up broadway.