From Iraq, Friends of Democracy is posting "ground-level election news from the people of Iraq." Blackfive says that it is "for, about, and mostly by the Iraqi people themselves."

Grassroots correspondents, people situated in various cities and regions of Iraq.

It's something to bookmark It's not a collection of MSM false impressions, and it's not an "everything seen through rose colored glasses" story. It's what Iraqis see.

Remember, the election is on Sunday. It will take two weeks for the votes to be counted. The thusly elected body -- they vote for tickets/slates, not individual names -- picks another body and a Constitution is drafted, then there is a vote on that in October. Two Sunni provinces can veto the Constitution if it's too Shi'a/Kurd.

This is not a SNAP and it's over proposition; rather, it is a SNAP and it's started process. Once it begins, it will not stop.

HAT TIP: Blackfive.