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At this event, panelists discussed the implications of Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections.
Only accountability to constituencies brings democracy.
While the transfer of sovereignty is a watershed, Iraqis say true legitimacy will come only with the elections.
With the conclusion of the Iraqi National Conference last month, the next milestone for Iraqi democracy will be the January 2005 elections for a 275-member parliament.
Though Iraqis will cheerCPA adminstrator L. Paul Bremer'sdeparture, the transfer of sovereignty will not mark the beginning of the end, but rather the end of the beginning.
It is too early either to claim success or mourn Iraq's loss, but what is certain is that the United States won a stunning military victory in Iraq but lost the occupation.
After almostfifteen months of formal occupation, Iraqis have resumed sovereignty and control over their own destiny.
