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Summary:
Elections in 2005 for a transitional government (January 30, 2005), a permanent constitution (October 15), and a permanent (four year) government (December 15) were concluded despite insurgent violence, progressively attracting Sunni participation. Sectarian violence and factional rivalry delayed formation of a new government until late April. The government now forming is a coalition of major ethnic and sectarian factions, similar to the 2004-2005 post-Saddam governments. (See CRS Report RL31339, Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, by Kenneth Katzman.)
