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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (285328)4/24/2004 11:48:41 AM
From: mishedlo  Read Replies (2) of 436258
 
The Bush administration's plans for a new caretaker government in Iraq would place severe limits on its sovereignty, including only partial command over its armed forces and no authority to enact new laws, administration officials said Thursday.

Only 10 weeks from the scheduled transfer of sovereignty, the administration is still not sure exactly who will govern in Baghdad, or precisely how they will be selected. A week ago, President Bush agreed to a recommendation by Mr. Brahimi to dismantle the existing Iraqi Governing Council, which was handpicked by the United States, and to replace it with a caretaker government whose makeup is to be decided next month.

nytimes.com
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OK - we are supposedly handing Iraq over to someone in 10 weeks, but we do not know to who yet. Furthermore the people we are "handing over" the govt to, will not have any power to create any laws.

We are going to remove our current handpicked govt and replace it with another handpicked govt, but one with no power.

WTF?
How does that constitute a govt handover at all?

You have to be nuts to think thus is anything other than a political ploy for Bush.

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