now for our "what in the world segment." the middle east is getting ever more tense if that's possible as the iran deal teeters, israel ramps up the pressure and the civil war continues in sarah and -- civil war continues in syria and yemen. there is one underreported piece of good news coming out of the region. iraq will undertake its fifth general election since the fall of saddam hussein on saturday and it does so with an unprecedented undertone of stability and even optimism. four years ago things looked bleak. the country faced a series of existential crises. isis held a third of iraq's territory, sectarian tensions raged, the kurds appeared ready to secede and the price of oil was beginning to plummet. around that time former u.s. officials were pretty candid with me about the country's weaknesses. >> iraq doesn't exist except for lines on the map.
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