What Are the Roadblocks to Democracy in Iraq?

Roadblocks to Democracy in Iraq

On May 22 , 2007 , the New York Times had reported a truck loaded with bombs that exploded close to market in the southwestern Baghdad . The explosion killed 25 people and wounded more than a hundred people . It also demolished nearby house and shops . A witness said that the truck collided into a car that was parked before exploding (Cloud , 2007 . This piece of news is already not new to us . And it is definitely not new to the people of Iraq . Since the overthrowing of Saddam Hussein , the

br country has not been peaceful again even after the war has ended

For 35 years , Iraq had been governed by a dictatorship lead by the Baath party from 1968 to 2003 . The later 24 years , Saddam Hussein had the power over the party , and thus the government . Under his rule , the people do not have any role or any power over the government theless , Hussein was finally elected in 1995 as president of the country in a public referendum . However , though the process of his election appeared democratic , of the people believed it to be so But since they know that disloyalty to the party was severely punished from the start , so of them could voice out there doubts . Up to the year 2003 , Iraq was defined as a sovereign people 's democratic republic ' under their 1969 constitution . But the people surely know otherwise

During the reign of Saddam Hussein , rumors about the Iraqi government hiding weapons of mass destruction were raised . This is where the United States came in . The United States president George Bush insisted that Iraq prove otherwise . Search units had been deployed to Iraq but they found nothing . Together with Britain and other nations , the United States put up armed forces in the Persian Gulf because they were thinking that Iraq might attack using their weapons anytime . Some countries , like France and Germany expressed their opposition on the action of the United States . But before the United Nations Security Council could agree on a decision about military action on Iraq , the armed forces led by the United States attacked Iraq . In the middle of April the force had moved across the southern part of Iraq . The Kurdish people sided with the United States and helped conquer the major cities in the north . The capital of Iraq , Baghdad then was captured . The armed forces that Hussein held were still large but he did not rule the country anymore . Saddam Hussein then also became criminal that was hunted . Finally , in the month of December , he was captured at a farm next to Tikrit . Saddam Hussein was put into trial by his people for his crimes against humanity and was hanged

This attack done by the United States and its allies was to overthrow Hussein and at the same time , getting rid of the suspected weapons of mass destruction that the government had been allegedly hiding . This invasion paved the way for instituting an...