This has the potential to make or break Iraqi democracy. Former "American puppet" and premiere Ayad Allawi's Sunni-Shia secular party has apparently won the most seats in the recent parliamentary elections.Technically, this gives the leader of the Iraqiya bloc the first shot at forming a government. But current prime minister Nouri al-Maliki appears ready to challenge the results, thus setting the stage for a potential restart of secular violence that tore the country apart just three years ago.Margaret Coker writing in the Wall Street Journal: The upset threatens to end the lock on power that Iraq's majority Shiites have enjoyed since the 2003 after decades of oppression under Saddam Hussein and could severely test the country's fragile institutions. Before the announcement, Shiite politicians warned of violence should their parties lose the election.The preliminary results announced Friday night show Mr. Allawi's Iraqiya bloc winning 91 seats in the 325-member parliament...(Read Full Post)