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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (27840)	4/18/2008 12:59:57 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

(If sovereign, then they can give legally give permission for basing of foreign troops. If not sovereign, then they have no legal authority to do that.) So, if government of Iraq is 'sovereign' then they can give internationally recognized approvals. (But... if 'sovereign', then they have the requirement of following their own laws. Just as we do of following our laws. :-) Jeez. Buddy, you're making me dizzy. If you are sovereign you can follow whatever dang laws you want, or not. Otherwise, some higher power is sovereign.

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (27840)	4/19/2008 4:15:30 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

You still have failed to make ANY CASE AT ALL for why you contend that we are 'not an occupying power in Iraq'.... That statement simply isn't true. What we are dealing with is the formal (legally recognized under international law) definition of the term 'occupier'. Exactly. And under "international law" the occupying power is the power that controls and exercises authority over the territory. Not "any military force that happens to exist in the territory without formal alliances and basing agreements from a local government".