Views Differ on How Iraq Power Transfer

maddezmom

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Thu May-20-04 07:35 PM
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Views Differ on How Iraq Power Transfer

Edited on Thu May-20-04 07:37 PM by maddezmom

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_ Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said he believes U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is getting closer to picking people who will serve in the new government. Brahimi has been working closely with Iraqis and with Robert Blackwill, an aide to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites), to come up with acceptable names.

Powell said that once Brahimi brings forward his slate of officers, the Bush administration will take it to U.N. Security Council and to Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites), "for all of us to take a look at and examine the quality of these individuals."

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White House spokesman Scott McClellan offered a streamlined version of events, saying simply of the people Brahimi picks: "I expect they will be the caretaker government."

McClellan repeatedly sidestepped questions about President Bush (news - web sites)'s own role in the selection process, saying only that Bush was "well aware" of conversations between Brahimi and the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq (news - web sites).

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=10&u=/ap/20040520/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq_timeline

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many a good man

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Thu May-20-04 07:51 PM
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1. If Bush* likes it...

...it can't be good and it won't work.

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Miss Authoritiva

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Thu May-20-04 07:55 PM
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2. Confused again...

"once Brahimi brings forward his slate of officers, the Bush administration will take it to U.N. Security Council and to Secretary-General Kofi Annan...."

I thought Brahimi's authority was derived from the UN and that he reported directly to the UN, and, thus, that he would be the one taking the proposed slate of officers to the UN. I guess I misinterpreted the rules of the game....

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Just Me

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Thu May-20-04 07:58 PM
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3. US rules the rules. But, at least Brahimi and the UN are more relevant

Edited on Thu May-20-04 07:59 PM by Just Me

than they had previously been treated.

With respect to the neocons,...their "utopian" endeavor is completely falling apart. HA!!! Grrrr.

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mom cat

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Thu May-20-04 08:37 PM
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6. I would rather the UN be irrelevant that cowed by the empire.

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pinto

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Thu May-20-04 08:02 PM
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4. Pelosi called it incompetence today. I'll add clueless. n/t

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Thu May-20-04 08:28 PM
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5. Translation:

"Bush administration officials gave somewhat conflicting accounts Thursday of what they expect to happen in the remaining few weeks before the handover of political power to an Iraqi interim government on June 30"

means they really don't take it seriously enough to give it careful attention.

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