France, Germany Seek to Downgrade U.S. Role in Iraq [View All]

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France and Germany have offered the United States a deal that effectively recognizes an Iraqi transitional government but downgrades the U.S. political role in the occupied state, according to documents circulated on Wednesday.

In preparation for a meeting of key Security Council foreign minister in Geneva on Saturday, France and Germany jointly submitted amendments to a U.S.-drafted resolution aimed at getting more international troops and money to Iraq (news - web sites).

Russia presented separate proposals.

All three nations, which hold veto power on the council along with the United Nations (news - web sites) and Britain, advocate a stronger United Nations role to supervise the process of arranging for elections and eventual restoration of Iraqi sovereignty.

Their proposals would virtually shut out current U.S.-led occupation authorities from much of the political process, a concept Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) and British Foreign Minister Jack Straw were certain to reject.

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