In other news from Iraq, The United Nations has opted to support calls of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s for direct one-person one-vote elections. The announcement came after a UN diplomat with Sistani in Najaf. The diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi said the Shiite leader “is insistent on holding the elections and we are with him on this 100 percent because elections are the best means to enable any people to set up a state that serves their interest.”