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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (8990)	4/8/2004 6:40:16 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bremmer's blaming him for the Iraqi police running and fleeing and pushed him to resign. Heck, I'd run and flee also if I didn't have proper armor, backing and training. There's also something about not having a Shite in both Interior and Defense positions. That's going to go over well with the Shite majority. What the heck is Bremmer doing? "In other developments, Iraqi interior minister Nouri Badran, who is responsible for Iraq's hard-pressed security forces, announced his resignation today. Mr Badran's decision did not appear to be directly related to the turmoil sweeping the country. According to the Associated Press, he stepped down at the request of Iraq's US administrator Paul Bremer to maintain the Shia-Sunni balance in the government. Mr Badran, a Shia Muslim, said he had been told that the US-led administration believed the defence minister and interior minister should not both be Shia. A new defence minister's position was created this month and filled by a Shia official. However, critics will point to the fact that Mr Badran may have been forced to leave because the Iraqi police forces he controls have proved wholly ineffective in the face of sustained attacks by insurgents." guardian.co.uk