guest_writer 0 2005-12-23T00:00:00Z Iraq is disintegrating. The first results from the parliamentary election last week show the country is dividing between Shia, Sunni and Kurdish regions. Religious fundamentalists now have the upper hand. The secular and nationalist candidate backed by the US and Britain was humiliatingly defeated. The Shia religious coalition has won a total victory in Baghdad and the south of ... Patrick 39127 false false false false 2005-12-23T00:00:00Z Cockburn 9382 4756 0 1 Iraq's Election iraqs-election-result-a-divided-nation-by-patrick-cockburn Iraq's Election Result: A Divided Nation 2009-09-25T03:30:05Z 11036