caretaker_government ... An UN proposal for Apple and the fractious and unpopular 25-member Governing Council named by the Orange cease to exist June 30 2004. 040414 ... somebody *** * Prediction 123 *** 1) UN Security council to review the adequacy of June 30th date for the transfer of Sovereignty & Power in Apple 2) NATO Peacekeeping Troops to replace existing Orange led coalition forces, and lat but not least 3) Sincere Apology from Orange for the War in Apple with Zero WMD, etc.? 040416 ... kx21 Oops... Swatting_flies:- 2) NATO Peacekeeping Troops less Bush Armies & Blair Forces... Why_NOT? 040416 ... ... *** * Mission- Independent Apple *** which is as ' Independent ', if not better than as Orange... 040416 ... kx21 *** * Strategy of Moving_Mountains *** UN plus NATO minus US & UK for international_legitimacy... 040416 ... pete Creon: The king is the state! Haemon: Only if the state is a desert! Sophocles' Antigone 040417 ... ... Web Results 1 - 10 of about 33,500 for Iraq caretaker government. News results for Iraq caretaker government - View all the latest headlines Length of US GIs Stay in Iraq Unclear - San Jose Mercury News - 16 Apr 2004 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/8453445.htm?1c UN Recommends Iraq Caretaker GovernmentBreaking News. Latest Zogby Poll: Kerry Ahead By Slim Margin. UN Recommends Iraq Caretaker Government NewsMax Wires Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2004. ... www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/ 2004/4/14/132810.shtml - 32k - 18 Apr 2004 - Cached - Similar pages Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Envoy: Iraq Should Set Up ...... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq should dissolve the US-picked Governing Council and set up a caretaker government of respected Iraqis to lead the country from the US ... www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/ story/0,1280,-3977047,00.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages ... 040419 ... ??? TOP 20 WEB RESULTS out of about 77,700. 040425 ... ... * Google Search * Web Results 1 - 30 of about 39,300 for Iraq caretaker government . (0.50 seconds) Conservatives Critical of Plan for Iraqi Government - Los Angeles Times (subscription) - 4 hours ago US Plans to Limit Sovereignty of Iraq's Caretaker Government - Tehran Times - 23 Apr 2004 040425 ... ??? UN:- "full sovereignty" & Iraq "Self-rule Caretaker_government"? 040425 ... ??? UN:- "full sovereignty" & Iraq "Self-rule Government"? 040425 ... ... *** * Political_games *** Brahimi not a unifier for Iraq: Chalabi Sun Apr 25, 6:00 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi said that the top UN envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, is too controversial to bring together the country's competing political groups. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040425/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_un_brahimi_040425220053&e=4 040425 ... somebody *** * NATO's String of Conditions *** NATO Sees No Iraq Role Unless Many Conditions Met 16 minutes ago "If there is a sovereign, legitimate Iraqi government with full powers after June 30, and that government would direct a request to NATO, and if that request would be made on the basis of a new (U.N.) Security Council resolution, giving a specific mandate to a stabilization force..." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040426/wl_nm/iraq_nato_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480 040426 ... ? *** * Political_split: US vs Iraq *** * US / Orange * US sets limits to Iraqi self-rule (B Link- International_legitimacy) * Iraq / Apple * Minister Says Iraqis Want Full Sovereignty Mon Apr 26, 8:28 PM ET 040426 ... somebody *** * Brahimi Plans *** By 31 May: Identify members of caretaker government, including president and two vice-presidents 30 June: US-led coalition hands power to interim government as scheduled July: Hold a national conference to aid Iraqi reconciliation and identify way forward UN envoy upbeat on Iraq timetable:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3665055.stm 040428 ... somebody *** * French_wine Fantasy *** Chirac, led opposition to the war in Iraq, demands full Iraq handover President Jacques Chirac has said any compromise in handing over sovereignty in Iraq would be "disastrous". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3670529.stm 040429 ... ............. *** * The M Sparks from Spanish Premier *** May 7, 2004 ADRID, May 6 - Spain's new prime minister said on Thursday that he would never send Spanish soldiers back to Iraq, even if foreign troops there were put under the authority of the United Nations or NATO. In an interview at Moncloa Palace, Mr. Zapatero dismissed the creation of a peacekeeping force under the United Nations as "rather improbable or utopian" because of the unstable security situation in Iraq. Similarly, he rejected the idea of a NATO-led force similar to the one that exists in Afghanistan, saying that it was more likely that a force assembled by the Arab League "could give the Iraqis peace of mind." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/07/international/europe/07spai.html 040507 ... .............. *** Group Wants U.N. to Take Over in Iraq 35 minutes ago A national religious group representing 36 Protestant and Orthodox denominations said Tuesday that U.S. foreign policy is "dangerous" and urged President Bush to turn over authority in Iraq to the United Nations The National Council of Churches, which has been highly critical of the war, acknowledged that Christians disagree on the issue, but said that giving control to the U.N. was the only way to create "lasting peace." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040512/ap_on_re_us/prisoner_abuse_churches&cid=519&ncid=1473 040511 ... i *** * US Handover Plans *** 7:41 p.m. ET May 14, 2004 France, Germany criticize U.S. handover plans Will Iraq's caretaker government have real power? It looks like a rerun of a bad movie: the United States and Europe are again arguing over Iraq — this time, over whether the U.S. will allow Iraq’s caretaker government to have real power after June 30. advertisement “The Iraqi government has to be in a position to govern and that’s why I mean it has to be a break with the past,” said French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4980753/ 040514 ... kx21 * M_Revolution_21 * "www21k_iraqi_security_services_via_internet_bid" 040515 ... May212004 Envoy: Resolution to Give Iraqis Powers 1 hour, 45 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council has agreed that "full sovereignty" must be given to the Iraqi interim government on June 30 and a new resolution will give Iraqis "a decisive voice" on whether the multinational force remains in the country, a senior U.S. official said Friday As U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi tries to get broad agreement among Iraqis on the makeup of the interim government... http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040521/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq_1 040521 ... iMay212004 New U.N. Resolution Gives Iraq Soverignty 8 minutes ago U.S. deputy ambassador James Cunningham:- "The whole council is agreed that it's full sovereignty," "There's no limitation on the sovereignty." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480 040521 ... iMay242004 "Text_of_United_Nations_Iraq_resolution" 040524 ... phil Some say there are no coincidences. If you look hard enough, you can find the amazing convergence of events that link Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, Elvis and Jesus, or Dairy Queen and porno movies. Well, we just couldn't resist pushing the boundaries. Our psychic investigators at the Subtle Chunks Research Operation Terminally Undermining Mysteries (SCROTUM) have discovered a series of historical and behavioral convergences between believers in the Nazi party and people suffering mental retardation that shook our sanity to the core. 040524 ... iMay242004 "TOE21k_new_UN_resolution_on_Iraq" 040524 ... May252004 "Iraq's interim Governing Council" Iraq government should be able to ask foreign troops to leave: interim body 3 minutes ago BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's interim Governing Council said that the caretaker government that will take over after the US-led coalition's June 30 deadline for the return of sovereignty should have the right to ask foreign troops to leave. the need for the interim government to have "full control over the activities of its armed and security forces, its oil resources and its foreign policy." control over its "ports, airports and other symbols of its sovereignty," that are currently in the hands of occupation forces. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040525/wl_mideast_afp/us_iraq_bush_council&cid=1514&ncid=1480 040525 ... May282004 --- Russia's proposal - Vladimir Putin:- U.N. resolution proposed by Washington must give Iraqis "real sovereignty." An international conference on Iraq- "Its participants must be representatives of the Iraqi people, neighboring countries, U.N. Security Council members and other participants," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak:- The transfer of sovereignty to ensure "the unity of the multiethnic and multi-confessional people of Iraq" "Iraq must be free of foreign interference." "All foreign forces must be removed from Iraqi soil," http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040528/ap_on_re_eu/russia_iraq_us&cid=518&ncid=1480 040528 ... iMay282004 Surprised UN 'Respects' Choice of New Iraqi Leader 1 hour, 41 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations was caught off-guard on Friday when the Iraqi Governing Council announced it had chosen Iyad Allawi to lead the interim government taking office June 30 but "respects" the choice, U.N. officials said. Although Allawi, a British-educated Shi'ite neurologist, had been high on the list put forward by U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. official was not present when the choice was made, chief U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said. "I assume this choice will hold, but the process isn't over yet," he said. "Let wait to see what the Iraqi street has to say about this name." http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040528/wl_nm/iraq_un_brahimi_dc_2 040528 ... May282004 Iraqis Have Doubts Over Choice of Interim Premier Fri May 28, 1:13 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=574&e=4&u=/nm/20040528/wl_nm/iraq_premier_reaction_dc_1 040528 ... . U.S., U.N. Blindsided on Iraq PM Announcement 3 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040528/wl_nm/iraq_usa_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480 040528 ... .. U.S. Confirms Allawi to Be Iraqi Interim PM 2 hours, 17 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20040528/ts_nm/iraq_dc_87 040528 ... . White House Praises Iraqi PM Choice 40 minutes ago "He is certainly a fine and capable leader who appears to have broad support among the Iraqi people," spokesman Scott McClellan said of Iyad Allawi, who was chosen by the Iraqi Governing Council. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040528/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_3 040528 ... May282004 Bush promises "full sovereignty" for Iraqi government 1 hour, 26 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) sought to ease Danish and Russian worries about Iraq vowing to give "complete and full sovereignty" to an interim government set to take power there on June 30. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040528/pl_afp/us_iraq_denmark&cid=1521&ncid=1473 040528 ... . Bush in a joint appearance with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen: "I told the prime minister that our government and our coalition will transfer full sovereignty, complete and full sovereignty to an Iraqi government" picked by special UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, the president said. "He said, 'Do you mean full sovereignty?' I said, 'I mean full sovereignty,'" Bush added as the two leaders made brief remarks in the White House Rose Garden. 040528 ... kx21 iLink:- "Bush_'I_said_I_mean_full_sovereignty'" 040529 ... May302004 Iraq council hopes to fill out Cabinet 9 minutes ago In an effort to accelerate the formation of a new government to lead Iraq into the post-occupation era, Iraq's Governing Council is to meet Sunday to try to reach consensus on the remaining Cabinet positions. UN officials say Brahimi hoped to find candidates outside the council, a U.S.-appointed advisory body whose members are regarded as pro-American by most Iraqis. The U.S. sought to enhance the legitimacy of the future government by including the UN in the process. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/chitribts/20040530/ts_chicagotrib/iraqcouncilhopestofilloutcabinet&cid=2027&ncid=1480 040530 ... Jun012004 Iraq's new government introduced amid barrage of violence 5 minutes ago BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's first post-Saddam_Hussein era government was unveiled after bitter negotiations between the US led-coalition and the outgoing Governing Council, while insurgents launched several deadly attacks to mar the ceremony. Brahimi, who had been drafted by the coalition to assemble the government, alluded to the nasty business of choosing the lineup in the public ceremony Tuesday. "I believe that those who were chosen to perform this mission will be qualified and effective and capable," Brahimi told the audience, which included US overseer Paul Bremer. But not everyone was so optimistic. Brahimi's boss UN Secretary General Kofi Annan complained "the process wasn't perfect" and predicted "lots of hard work ahead." Brahimi was thought to have been undermined by both the US-led coalition and the council. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040601/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us&cid=1514&ncid=1480 040601 ... iJun012004 "M_Evolution_21_Iraq's_interim_Prime_Minister / President" 040601 ... kx21 * iLink- M_Theory * That Iraqi Caretaker_Govenment is as good as, if not better than Palestinian National Autority..., with proof Happy reading & have a good day... 040601 ... Jun012004 Brahimi Has Failed the Iraqi People CAIRO, 1 June 2004 — Call me naïve but I until I few days ago I strongly believed the UN envoy to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi, would stand up to be counted and deliver to the Iraqi people an interim government worthy of their sacrifices. Why? ... http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=46014&d=1&m=6&y=2004 040601 ... Jun032004 New Iraq resolution:- Questions surround Baghdad's authority over U.S. troops June 03, 2004 Who'd have final say over forces? One of the main concerns among U.N. Security Council members is that the draft does not spell out whether the Iraqi military can refuse an offensive action ordered by the U.S.-led force of 130,000 troops. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5114698/ 040603 ... iJun032004 Minister: Iraq Demands Security Authority 30 minutes ago By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's incoming government needs the U.S.-led multinational force to stay to prevent civil war but insists on command of Iraqi forces and authority over "security matters," Iraq's foreign minister (Hoshyar Zebari) said Thursday. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040604/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480 040603 ... Jun042004 *** * Resolution Shift *** U.S., Britain want Iraqis able to tell troops to leave 5:49 p.m. ET June 04, 2004 "The United States and Britain revised their Security Council resolution on transferring sovereignty to Iraq on Friday, giving the country’s new interim government authority to order the U.S.-led multinational force to leave at any time" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5084420/ 040604 ... Jun062004 US Hopes Iraq Security Pledge Leads to UN Mandate Sun Jun 6, 8:44 PM ET BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Washington and the new Iraqi interim government pledged to coordinate major military operations by U.S.-led forces in Iraq, but France proposed "a virtual veto by Baghdad over sensitive security campaigns." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040607/wl_nm/iraq_dc&cid=574&ncid=1473 040606 ... iJun062004 * KURDISH WARNING * Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani warned Iraq's unity could be at risk if the U.N. resolution did not endorse autonomy granted to Kurds under the present interim constitution. "We are not bluffing here, we are serious -- it's the right of our people," Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, 040606 ... . ... 040607 ... kx21 What is "Caretaker Government" in the eye of Iraqis? 040620 ... . i_Link:- What_constituted_'genuine'_Iraqis 040620 ... a "point" Poor_Sheep 040824 ... An "amazing" newslink Iraqi government fails to disarm militia after three-week offensive Fri Aug 27,11:23 AM ET BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq (news - web sites)'s interim government stared failure in the face after a 22-day assault against Moqtada_al_Sadr, who merely slipped out of grasp... 040828 ... a "point" Fred Kaplan: No Way Out: Is There Any Hope of Avoiding Catastrophe in Iraq? Slate, August 13, 2004 http://www.slate.com/id/2105127 "This is a terribly grim thing to say, but there might be no solution to the problem of Iraq. There might be nothing we can do to build a path to a stable, secure, let alone democratic regime.... 040828 ... DaVis "...My feeling is twofold: I don't think we are going to straighten out this country any time soon; it's going to be a very long haul. On the other hand, vast areas of Iraq are very peaceful and have been rid of a disgusting and repressive government. The other thing is, everyone talks about Iraq not being stable, but when it was stable it attacked Israel in 1967 and in 1973, it attacked Iran, it attacked Kuwait, it fostered terrorism in the Middle East. Who wants a stable Iraq? It's better for us and, in a way, better for the world that this government has been weakened and destroyed. Does it leave a mess behind? Yes. Do we owe it to the people of Iraq to try our best to clean up that mess? Yes. But is that mess our fault? No. It's a very complicated situation..." -P.J. O'Rourke 040828 ... a "point" Security_and_Stability 040828 ... 9 Nov 2004 Sunni Party Withdraws From Iraq "Interim Caretaker " Government 1 hour, 21 minutes ago 041109 ... Yahoo! Search BAGHDAD, Iraq - A major Sunni political party has quit the interim Iraqi government and revoked its single minister from the Cabinet in protest over the U.S. assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, the party's leader said Tuesday. 041109 ... 119 US troops storm into heart of Fallujah in biggest battle since Iraq war November 9 2004 1 hour, 26 minutes ago 041109 what's it to you? who go blather from