"Our embassy in Baghdad will run a number of overt programs to support the democratic electoral process," as the U.S. does elsewhere in the world."
I take this to mean that they will have undercover operatives watching out all over the polling stations to make sure no one is threatened to vote a certain way and that places arent getting blown up during the day of elections.
Seems like a good idea to me. This happens all over the world with UN pacekeeping forces as well as election observers from many a country. CAnada is one of the leaders in this field IIRC.
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