This Thursday, Kimberly Kagan will be on Capitol Hill to moderate an Institute for the Study of War panel on the Iraqi elections. Sounds like it will be a very interesting and informative event. Details, including info on how to RSVP, are below the fold.
WHAT: ISW Capitol Hill Event: Iraq Elections WHEN: Thursday, February 12, 2009 Time: 12:00 noon WHERE: ISW Conference Room Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 430 (Senate H.E.L.P. Committee Hearing Room) Please join The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for a lunch event to discuss the recent elections in Iraq and ISW's latest Iraq Report, Diyala Provincial Election: Maliki & the IIP, by ISW Research Analyst Claire Russo. In the report, Russo examines how Sunni and Shia political movements have battled for control of Diyala, and how Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has tried to consolidate his own power in the process. Lunch will be provided. To attend this event, please RSVP here or e-mail Jared Young at jyoung [at] understandingwar.org or by calling 202-293-5550.