28_days_to_iraqi_sovereignty iJun032004 3 June, 2004, 00:34 GMT 01:34 UK Pressure grows on Iraq resolution France, Russia and China have expressed reservations on the latest draft of the United Nations resolution on the transfer of power in Iraq. "several countries would like the resolution to spell out more clearly who will control security after the handover." "Efforts are under way to pin a final date on the presence of the multi-national force (in Iraq)..." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3771833.stm 040602 ... Jun032004 Cleric Gives Tacit Approval to Iraq Govt. 30 minutes ago By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric gave his tacit endorsement to the new interim government Thursday, and urged it to lobby the U.N. Security Council for full sovereignty to erase "all traces" of the American-run occupation. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040603/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_politics&cid=540&ncid=716 040603 ... somebody Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani did say that the new government, appointed Tuesday by a U.N. envoy, lacks the "legitimacy of elections" and does not represent "in an acceptable manner all segments of Iraqi society and political forces." 040603 ... iJun032004 Australian military launches inquiry into handling of Iraqi abuse reports 19 minutes ago SYDNEY, (AFP) - Australian defense officials have launched an investigation into why reports last year about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops in Baghdad were not passed on to government leaders. The probe was ordered after a Senate inquiry learned this week that officials in several departments, including the defense and foreign ministries, learned of the abuse last year from an Australian army legal officer stationed at US headquarters in Baghdad. This contradicted previous claims by Howard and other ministers that no one in Australia knew about the abuse scandal until earlier this year. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040603/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_abuse_australia&cid=1514&ncid=1480 040603 ... kx21 "Bush_says_Iraq_pullout_would_be_disastrous" 15 minutes ago 040603 040603 ... Jun032004 Iraq FM Zebari demands 'full sovereignty' for Iraq Thu Jun 3, 5:33 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told the UN Security Council that a new resolution should give Iraq "full sovereignty" after the June 30 transfer of power from the US occupation. "We seek a new and unambiguous resolution that underlines the transfer of full sovereignty to the people of Iraq and their representatives," "This means investing full authority in the interim government to run Iraq's affairs, make its own decisions and have authority over Iraq's security matters," http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040603/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_un_council_040603213327 040603 what's it to you? who go blather from