There were also a number of clashes between nationalists and security forces overnight.
Similarly, the line between reformers and nationalists has become blurred.
But the council retained its 11-11 balance between unionists and nationalists.
He felt that this would foster reconciliation between non-Communist nationalists in the south.
He sees the possibility of a grudging tolerance developing between religious and secular nationalists.
The nationalist vote has continued to grow which could make this seat a possible battleground between nationalists and unionists.
The nation was at war and divided between Communists and Nationalists.
That may help widen a rift in the insurgency between Iraqi nationalists and foreign fighters.
It is certainly true that a great deal of the competition between nationalists and unionists concerned the distribution of resources.
Voters must choose between hard-line nationalists and moderate, reconciliation-minded politicians.