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To: Rascal who wrote (126128)3/13/2004 4:58:12 PM
From: Rascal  Respond to of 281500
 
But Powell was insistent that the U.S. -led occupation will end by July 1.

"We are staying in charge of this until the 30th of June under the CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) and on the 30th of June, it will be handed over, not to the U.N., but to an Iraqi government," Powell said. {Let's mark these words.},


As I was saying. Did Powell know about this? 9:56 AM.

US. Aims to Keep Iraq Military Control
by JIM KRANE
Associated Press Writer

March 13, 2004, 9:56 AM EST

newsday.com

Rascal @LoveTimeLines.com



To: Rascal who wrote (126128)3/13/2004 6:28:25 PM
From: lurqer  Respond to of 281500
 
Robert Blackwill

The NAATO guy. Probably views Iraq as a prospective western anchor of NAATO. Reminds me of Dulles with CENTO and SEATO. Whatever happened to conservatives that were wary of "foreign entanglements"?

Thanks for the article.Here's a recent one that has some discussion of NAATO.

NAATO: Blueprint for Asian security

atimes.com

lurqer