At this point the problems look too few to cast doubt on the overall result
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/opinion/17sat1.html Compared with any previous Iraqi election, with any reasonable expectation and with any other recent election in the Arab Middle East, Thursday's vote for a new Iraqi Parliament was an overwhelming and heartening triumph. Evidently there is a crack appearing in the fourth estate. Voter turnout was high in Sunni Arab areas as well as in Shiite and Kurdish districts. Hhmmm. Violence was down - not just lower than it was for this year's two... Sign in to see full entry.