US wants to break up Iraq - ex-UN envoy

[JoFerret]

http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=70029

America will partition Iraq if it fails in its current plans to maintain a pliant regime in Baghdad, Iraq’s former ambassador to the United Nations said. Mohammed Al Douri, who left Iraq’s mission at the UN in April last year, following the fall of Baghdad to the invading Anglo-American forces, described June 28’s transfer of power to a group of Iraqis as a charade.

"We cannot say Iraq has regained sovereignty because there are 170,000 foreign soldiers present in the country. The foreigners are still in control of everything," Al Douri told The Muslim Weekly in an interview.

The United States chief administrator, Paul Bremer,left Iraq last month after handing over the reins of power to an interim setup of Iraqis, who were appointed by US officials to rule Iraq. John Negroponte, the former US ambassador at the UN, has taken his post as ambassador in Baghdad. The US embassy is billed as the biggest in the world and will employ about 1,000 American staff and hundreds of Iraqis.

"There are 14 American military bases in Iraq. The Iraqis are not in control of their security and economy. The transfer of sovereignty is a farce because the foreign occupation continues in a different shape," Al Douri said.

Despite assertions of the George W. Bush administration that the American forces will leave Iraq if asked to do so by the Iraqis, Al Douri said he did not trust the US to end its military presence.

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1. Surprise, Surprise - Wasn't This To Be Expected Naturally And

Wasn't this to be expected politically since controlling three little pesky Muslim countries is easier than controlling one larger pesky Muslim country.

The Arab world should hold its head in shame for allowing BUSH to do this.

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2. Questionable news source

and speculation...not news. Also the website has a browser hijacker.