Iraqi National Council Elects A Leader (Kurdish)

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Iraqi National Council Elects A Leader

National Council leader Fuad Masum (file photo)

1 September 2004 -- Iraq's new interim National Council met for the first time today amid a volley of mortar fire nearby, but members went ahead and took their oaths of office and elected a Kurdish politician, Fuad Masum, as their president.


Masum supervised August's national conference of delegates that chose the council, which is supposed to monitor Iraq's interim government until popular elections in January.

During the inaugural session, several mortar bombs exploded inside Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses Iraq's interim government and the U.S. Embassy. One person was injured....cont'd

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/09/2a2d7c36-08cf-456c-9502-00efaa1abd7c.html

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1. Wonder how much longer this guy will be breathing. n/t