US distances itself from Iraqi PM

[DoYouEverWonder]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3759423.stm

Saturday, 29 May, 2004

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has insisted that the decision on who will lead Iraq after the handover of power rests with the United Nations.

Earlier, the White House welcomed a decision by the Iraqi Governing Council to nominate Shia former exile Iyad Allawi as interim prime minister.

But Mr Powell said it was up to the UN special envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, to confirm the post.

The UN response has been cool, speaking only of "respect" for the decision.

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"We have no position on any candidate at this moment because we are waiting to hear from Ambassador Brahimi and he needs time to complete his work."



Oops, they did it again? Two down, how many more to go before we get to June 30th?

[teryang]

1. This is total chaos

This is being passed off as a new government with no elections. Exactly 12 days ago, the president of the IGC was assassinated.

The UN, the IGC, and CA all lack the power to designate an interim leadership, that is the problem. The press keeps referring to this as the new government. It isn't, it is another interim government. What is the purpose of that? It further destabilizes the IGC without accomplishing anything except to meet chimp's phony milestone for "sovereignty" in Iraq, without elections.