I'm not sure which is more disturbing, the fact that the mayor of the capital city of the country the United States overran to install democracy was forced out of office yesterday by a Shiite militia-man, or the "in other news" treatment this story seems to be getting.
Alaa Mahmood Tamimi wasn't exactly elected to office. He was approved, first by the city council, and then by then viceroy (yes, he was actually called viceroy) J. Paul Bremer.
Here's an interesting quote from a news article from April 2004, when the new mayor was installed.
"One year after a U.S.-led invasion toppled the government of former president Saddam Hussein, the American-led occupation authority has promoted the new Baghdad city government as a symbol of Iraq's democratic potential."
How's that workin' out for ya?
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