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  • Thinking Positively About Iraq’s Election (2/2/2005) - Just before the Iraqi election, the People's Weekly World published a refreshingly even handed editorial that suggested that there are "no simple answers for the U.S. left" when it comes to our response. Now that the election is over, many on the left will criticise the new transitional national assembly as a puppet government of U.S. interests, lacking a clear mandate. But, to the surprise of many of us, a majority of eligible voters turned…