Four Nations Seek Iraq Resolution Changes

[cosmicone]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=3&u=/ap/20040527/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS - Four key nations proposed major changes Wednesday to the U.S.-British draft resolution on Iraq (news - web sites), moves that would give the new government control over the Iraqi army and police and require the multinational force to consult on military actions except for self-defense.

A three-page proposal by China — which diplomats said was supported in large part by Russia, France and Germany — would give the interim government that takes over on June 30 the right to decide whether foreign forces remain in the country and limit the multinational mandate to January 2005.

[acmavm]

1. Did anyone (other than the crazies in the bush* administration) really

think the rest of the world would fall for this shell game?

They're dumber than we've even given them credit for being.

[struggle4progress]

2. The administration seems to believe ...

that only the appointed Iraqi "government" can object to the presence of US troops in Iraq.

[grytpype]

3. Anyone else get the feeling....

Anyone else get the feeling that we are going to be FIGHTING the f*cking Iraqi Army sometime real soon?

[Spazito]

4. The members of the Security Council have given bush and his cabal

the diplomatic equivalent of a FU. They, as do we, know that bush et al NEED that resolution to pass by June 30th because the other resolution that the US put forward, then had to pull, on the extension of immunity against prosecution for war crimes will not pass and, because it won't pass, the US has to have the hand-over authorized by June 3oth otherwise the US will continue to be considered the occupying authority thus will have to fulfill their responsibilities without immunity for failing, as they have up to the present.

[FreakinDJ]

5. I guess this means don't let the door hit ya on the way out

Bush and his gang of thugs are being told where they can put their college hazing