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To: NickSE who wrote (15466)11/11/2003 6:16:35 PM
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Bremer Returns to Washington Amid Frustration in Iraq
washingtonpost.com

.....Bremer cancelled a meeting on Tuesday with visiting Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller, the Polish delegation said, according to the Reuters news agency. Officials in the U.S.-led administration had no immediate comment on Bremer's trip to Washington.

The administration, anxious to speed the stabilization of Iraq, is frustrated with the hand-picked Iraqi Governing Council, which has been slow to organize itself and demonstrate the ability to take more control.

U.S. officials have complained that council members have spent more time pursuing their own interests than pulling together in a time of crisis. If only the council would become more effective, American officials have said, the Iraqis would be granted greater responsibilities over their own affairs.

The council has done "nothing of substance" since it was appointed in late August, a U.S. official in Baghdad asserted the other day. It has failed to set policy or communicate well, said the official, who described the council as being "inept" at reaching Iraqis.....
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