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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (156823)	4/30/2003 4:00:10 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 164684

You are free to ignore what is going on Bob.

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (156823)	4/30/2003 4:04:34 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 164684

<<The challenge for US forces in Iraq couldn't be starker: Keeping the peace in the face of some determined and violent anti-American elements, while at the same time persuading Iraqis that this is a benevolent occupation.>> csmonitor.com

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (156823)	4/30/2003 4:10:18 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

WASHINGTON, April 29 — The decision by Iraqi delegates in Baghdad to try to cobble together a transitional government at the end of May has been prompted in part by a push from the Bush administration, which wants to move swiftly to put an Iraqi face on power, according to senior American officials. The delegates' plan to convene a national conference sooner than planned was pressed by the United States from behind the scenes in what the officials described as a marked acceleration of efforts to forge a new Iraqi government. The officials said the stepped-up process represented an ascension of the Pentagon's argument in what had been a bitter internal administration debate about how, when and under what terms the United States should hand over power to Iraqis. The Iraqi delegates' decision to refer to a new governing body as a "transitional government," instead of an interim authority, the phrase favored by the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, seemed to reflect the administration's new approach, which officials said had been endorsed by the White House in the last week. American officials who organized the conference accepted the wording change, said administration officials. The turning point in deciding to push swiftly for Iraqi government, officials said, came at a National Security Council meeting early last week and was fueled by concerns that a power vacuum inside Iraq was increasingly being filled by anti-American voices, including those sympathetic to Iran. nytimes.com