U.N. Council Haggles Over Iraq Control of U.S. Troops

[Spazito]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Key U.N. Security Council members and Iraq (news - web sites)'s foreign minister said on Thursday a new resolution must spell out how much authority Baghdad would have over U.S. troops when an interim Iraqi government takes office on June 30.


France, Russia, China and Algeria say an amended draft of a U.S.-British resolution on Iraq's future is still too vague over the definition of "sovereignty," particularly whether Iraqis can block major U.S. military operations.


But Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said Iraq was a partner and would not be given a veto over U.S. troop movements. However, he and British officials indicated they were receptive to new language to cover the relationship between Iraq and the 160,000 U.S.-led troops in the country.

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Russia has a long list of demands, including wanting two resolutions, one immediately to endorse an interim government and another after it takes office for all other issues.

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[truthspeaker]

1. how nice, their a "partner" in their own damn country

kind of like the Vichy government in France.

[struggle4progress]

4. Does that mean we have to split the oil revenues with them?

[Racenut20]

2. Think Bus*Co is about to get a lession in negotation.

Perhaps Kissinger will help them out.

[Spazito]

3. Yep, the UN is soooo irrelevant!

I think the bush cabal is learning what desperation smells and tastes like. They NEED a resolution to pass and the Security members know this, I love it!

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Good to see them other new-clee-ar powers holding back

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They will NOT be giving the BoyKing a blank check on this one.

The US milked the sh*t out of previous Resolutions concerning Iraq, so I'm glad to see the other "powers" reading the fine print very closely.

That's what ya get for pissing off the other "big boys" Junior!!

Ya know where to stick ur Freedom-Fries doncha!!!

:nopity:

[htuttle]

6. I sure the hell hope so

The moment the Security Council passed Resolution 1441, I KNEW Bush was going to try to use it as a cover to invade Iraq. I was quite pissed at the permanent members of the SC at the time, figuring they were either naive about Bush, or had their own cynical reasons for passing it.

In fact, the failure of the Security Council to prevent the invasion, and since then it's failure to even denounce it as the illegal action it clearly was, led ME to believe the UN was completely broken (but for a different reason than the Bush administration said it was, obviously).

They'd just better not give Bush another fig leaf to hide behind!