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Old 28-06-04, 02:18 AM   #1
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Default Iraq is now officially sovereign.

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The US has formally handed over power in Iraq, two days ahead of schedule. At a low-key ceremony in Baghdad, US administrator Paul Bremer gave legal documents to an Iraqi judge at 1026 local time (0626 GMT).


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3845517.stm


hang on folks.


we might be experiencing some turbulence.
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Old 28-06-04, 07:55 PM   #2
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we might be experiencing some turbulence.

Hopefully it will be the kind of turbulence that explodes oil pipelines in Iraq repeatedly until Bush, Blair and the whole scurvy crew of Reagan retreads is cold in the tomb and all the oil companies who thought that they had a big payday coming are instead sucking their own grimy wind. I would find that absolutely hilarious.
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Old 28-06-04, 08:13 PM   #3
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let the games begin
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Old 28-06-04, 08:23 PM   #4
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i am looking forward to the kabul to bagdad marathon, pin the tale on the saddam and the olympic israeli hostage relay
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Old 29-06-04, 04:39 AM   #5
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they're handing over saddam 2morrow
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Old 29-06-04, 08:22 PM   #6
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meawhile, over in that other country we liberated...
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...Washington and London's focus shifted east to Iraq. Meanwhile, the toll of dead and maimed is rising. The infrastructure is non-existent, opium production is rocketing, warlords control large swathes of the country, and the Taliban are back. Afghanistan is unravelling piece by piece.
that other handover is apparently having difficulty transitioning into a democracy:
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The Afghan elections have been postponed once already, from June, due to the endemic violence. A second cancellation may just finish off what is left of the Afghan president's credibility. According to international agencies, out of 10.5 million eligible to vote, only 1.6 million have been registered. (President Karzai maintains at least five million names are now on the electoral list.)
Karzai needs help. big time...it's almost as if we're back to square one over there.

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In the meantime, the military bill for the Pentagon is a staggering $50bn. While the ISAF cannot get even one helicopter, the US military is involved in operations in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Its mission is not primarily, however, security inside Afghanistan, but a hunt for Osama bin Laden.
so we have NATO and the UN trying to make it work in Afghanistan, and apparently not doing too well. is this a preview of Iraq in a year or two?

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=536593
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