Saddam Hussein has invaded Kuwait, claiming it as an Iraqi province.

It has vanished, swallowed and digested by the southern Iraqi province of Basra.

The charter will fail if two-thirds of the voters in any three Iraqi provinces reject it.

It will use $800,000 from the United Nations to create a newsroom and post reporters in each Iraqi province.

In a speech to governors of Iraqi provinces on Monday, he struck a nonsectarian tone.

While some Iraqi provinces are clearly dominated by a single religious or ethnic group, many are not.

The persistent electrical power shortfalls in southern Iraqi provinces are addressed by the site's staff.

Kirkuk had been the only Iraqi province that did not participate in the January 2009 provincial elections due to outstanding political disputes.

The cable relays a report from an Arab editor that "ethnic cleansing" is going on "in almost every Iraqi" province.

American commanders have included Baghdad among four Iraqi provinces where they say security issues pose a major threat to the voter turnout.