American Plan for Iraq Needs Complete Overhaul, UN Envoy Warns

[kskiska]

Too little time left for credible elections, compounded by 'very serious danger' of civil war

The UN threw America's latest political plan for Iraq into disarray yesterday by making it clear that direct elections cannot be held before the June 30 transfer of power to an Iraqi authority.

This was a key demand of the Shias, whose leaders set their face against the US plan to give control of the country to panels of "the great and the good".

Last night the UN envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, said power should still be handed over to the Iraqis this summer as planned. But his aides said there would not be time to hold "credible elections" before then.

He distanced himself from the controversial US plan, hinting that it would have to be drastically rewritten or shelved.

"I think the people who put it together realise that it needs at the very least to be improved considerably," he said.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1148065,00.html

[RedEarth]

1. As if this wasn't predictable from the start.....

Civil war......this is just what many people thought would happened before the invasion. Bush......what were you thinking?

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. That's what the BFEE wants ! - it was Never about "freedom" -

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Destabilize, destroy, milk the taxpayers for Billions to feed their billionaire buddies to "fix" Iraq,

and if all works as planned, they'll get the OIL sumwhere down the road -

Heck - they ALREADY got 150+ Billion offa the taxpayers -

now THAT"S one helluva scam doncha think ?

AND

Junior got his revenge on

"the guy that wanted to kill my Daddy"

So

The BFEE is right on track -

no - ? - :shrug:

[kskiska]

3. SORRY, DUPE

Too late to edit.

[flowomo]

4. they let people here run for office from jail

and sometimes they get elected. What if you know who....

[Iraq_Vet_For_Peace]

5. Idea for overhaul

Dump Bush and get the fuck out of that hellhole