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To: Rascal who wrote (38267)	2/23/2004 12:03:59 AM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

re. Ambassador Paul Bremer On Nov 15th, things were looking good. Bremer's plan had been accepted by the IGC. Everything was on track for June 30th. Now, it's all unraveling. First the caucuses, now the interim constitution that's due a week from yesterday is in big trouble. Both of these address the June 30th timing - a Bush agenda item. And now the IGC says it can't sign a SOFA (Status of Force Agreement), which addresses another Bush Agenda item - long term base agreement. This hasn't been a good month. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> — Iraq's interim leaders said Sunday that they could not negotiate a formal agreement with the American military on maintaining troops in Iraq, and that the task must await the next sovereign Iraqi government. The delay could put the Americans in the position of negotiating an agreement with leaders they did not appoint on such sensitive issues as when the use of force would be allowed. It also means that another feature of the agreement of Nov. 15, which set out the steps to sovereignty, will not occur on schedule. Other things falling by the wayside are the approval of an interim constitution, which was supposed to occur by next Saturday, and the now abandoned plan to hold caucuses to pick a transitional assembly. But the Americans have clung to the final date of handing power to a new Iraqi administration — June 30. Members of the Iraqi Governing Council, appointed by the Americans in July, said they had reached a consensus that the issue was too momentous to handle without a popular mandate. from nytimes.com JMO lurqer