Iraq Regime Change a Sham, Say Mideast Experts

[GreenPartyVoter]

UNITED NATIONS - Despite the positive responses Monday from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and members of the Security Council who praised the U.S. "transfer of sovereignty" to an interim government in Iraq, Middle East experts and political analysts dismiss the regime change in Baghdad as a "monumental fraud".

"The truth is that Iraqi sovereignty is a sham," says Rahul Mahajan, publisher of the blog EmpireNotes.org and author of 'Full Spectrum: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond'.

The United States will keep at least 138,000 troops in Iraq (augmented by about 20,000 from other countries) for the forseeable future, he said. Fourteen permanent or semi-permanent military bases have been and are being constructed to house them, said Mahajan, who returned recently from a trip to Iraq.

"Those forces have, by an eleventh hour edict of Paul Bremer (head of the former U.S.-run Coalition Provisional Authority), complete immunity from Iraqi law and Iraqi courts," he added.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0629-01.htm

[jimshoes]

1. I'm sure that will sit well with the

citzenry of Iraq. Look what happened at Aboo Giraffe. Nobody thought they would be held accountable there and look what went on.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Aboo giraffe? *lol*

[apnu]

2. Zoinks! Scoob!

Its sick to laugh at this, nothing good can come of it, but I do find it funny. I'm so raw with rage over Chimpy McDumbass that anything that proves him wrong brings a smile to my face.

[Veggie Meathead]

4. The best "experts" on this socalled transfer of power would be

the people of Iraq.Our dumb mainstream media would not think of asking the people directly affected by this media event how they feel about this.They will trot out some cockamamie think tank nerds to talk about trivia and completely miss the obvious: Bush and his gang want to annex Iraq.