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Elections for a transitional National Assembly, provincial councils, and a Kurdish regional assembly were held on January 30, 2005. Insurgent violence has remained high, but a government has been formed, a permanent constitution is being drafted, and additional Sunni Arabs are being brought into the new power structure. See CRS Report RL31339, Iraq: U.S. Regime Change Efforts and Post-Saddam Governance.
