Reply #14: interesting quotes by al-Yawer [View All]

[maddezmom]

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In an interview published Tuesday in the Saudi daily Al-Riyadh, al-Yawer belittled Pachachi, saying the octogenarian former foreign minister had been caught napping at meetings of the Iraqi Governing Council and had no "popular base inside Iraq."


Al-Yawer was quoted as saying U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who announced al-Yawer's appointment Tuesday, had told him Pachachi should get the presidency in recognition of his age and stature.


"How can honoring someone in his last days come at the expense of Iraq's future, which needs to be rejuvenated?" al-Yawer was quoted as telling Al-Riyadh.


Al-Yawer was quoted as saying Paul Bremer, head of the U.S.-led occupation authority, offered him "several posts," including ambassador to Washington, if he would pass up the presidency.


"I told him, `Search for whoever wants to go to Washington, I am the son of this country and am clinging to it, and it is the Iraqi people who want to nominate me — if you believe in democracy and respond to the people's will.'"

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20040601/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_yawer_profile