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Votes Were Counted but Chaos Rules in Iraq

May 1, 2006
"Death squads," "ethnic cleansing" and political assasinations are the realities of the democracy said to be emerging in Iraq. The New York Times paints a grim picture of the new Iraq, as both Sunnis and Shiites flee their homes in response to escalating sectarian violence.