Iraq election campaigning delayed (transcript from BBC, UK on 05/02/2010)

'Iraq's electoralcommission has said it will delay the start of campaigning for next month's parliamentary elections.'
As election in Iraq will be taking place in March 2010, the Iraqi government is cautious on any uprising or violence before ermerged in the country. This electoral commission said it will delay the start of campaigning due to a court decision overturn a ban on candidates barred because of alleged affiliation with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party. The parliamentary campaign is now delayed until next Friday (12/02) which allow time for the row to be resolved.
Such ban is mainly targeted to bar the Sunni groups whom is the strong supporters of the outlawed Baath Party (that is Saddam Hussein's ruling party), there were about 500 politicians running for public office!
Prior overturning the Saddam Hussein regime, sectarian conflict has never been stopped regardless of strong intervention from USA. On the whole, the saddam Hussein's Sunni group still have a stronghold over the country who tried to instigate violence and social unrest in the nation. In my persoanl view, situation in Iraq still highly depend on foreign aids especially USA to sustain their stability. The American is having high expectations on a peaceful and credible election to happen in Iraq as to materialize their exit strategy from the country (which US has more than 100,000 troops).
Subsequently, if Iraqi's sectarian conflict cannot be put on halt and come into consensus of unity between Sunnis, Kurds and Shias groups etc., the nation will still falls into chaos and peace could hardly prevailed.