If you thought Iraq's election would end the occupation....

Turmoil in Iraq threatens US withdrawal plans

The Guardian reports (May 1^st): Iraq continues to be embroiled in its messy post-election coalition-building process. It has become so messy that the US may well be rethinking its withdrawal plans, and particularly its withdrawal of all combat troops at the end of August.

In the past few weeks, amid a number of terror attacks, two key developments have taken place: an order by an electoral panel to have all the votes cast in Baghdad manually recounted; and a ruling that paves the way for banning some elected candidates because of their sympathies for the outlawed Ba'ath party.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/01/iraq-elections-allawi-maliki