Iraq handover of sovereignty completed two days early
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Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
Weird really.
Klaus
Refugee
Maybe because they were affraid of Suicide bombers?
Angela Harlem
Jesus Online
That's about the only thing I could come up with too Klaus. Must have been grave fears for some kind of trouble, understandably. When I heard it I laughed a bit and thought 'get that up your clackers' 
Seemed to go pretty smoothly.
Seemed to go pretty smoothly.
A_Wanderer
ONE love, blood, life
This is great news, I think that just like appointing a government a month (28 days now) before the handover it is literally Jumping the Gun of the terrorists.
nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
Brilliant move.
They have accomplished what everyone has wanted and ruined all the Sovereignty Day bombings planned at certain Mosques on Friday.
The continued activities of the insurgents will show that the US is not the problem - it is a desire for power by a few that is the problem.
They have accomplished what everyone has wanted and ruined all the Sovereignty Day bombings planned at certain Mosques on Friday.
The continued activities of the insurgents will show that the US is not the problem - it is a desire for power by a few that is the problem.
RockNRollDawgie
Rock n' Roll Doggie
It's the equivalent of the end of Vietnam. Just this time there's no helicopters being pushed off of aircraft carriers.
I see no other way though. Leave the country in a mess, and claim victory. Let the Iraqi's now kill each other now.
I see no other way though. Leave the country in a mess, and claim victory. Let the Iraqi's now kill each other now.
DrTeeth
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
I don't believe troops are pulling out Dawgie, rumour is that Rumsfeld might even be sending more. Anyway, it's an important day for Iraq, I hope the insurgents will now lose a lot of their support from the locals.
verte76
Blue Crack Addict
I fervently hope, for the sake of all of the Iraqi people, that things will calm down in Iraq. No one should have to live with terror squads in their back yard. The question is, will this stop the bombings? I hope so.
nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
RockNRollDawgie said:
Your analogy is hopelessly fraught with error. With 100K troops still on the ground to assist the new Iraqi government, there is a sizable force to prevent outright civil wars by power hungry imans.
BVS
Blue Crack Supplier
Well good move, I'm shocked.
Now, are they ready? Time will tell. As far as leaving, I don't think we'll be leaving anytime soon, in fact if Bush stays in power I feel a draft may be in order.
Now, are they ready? Time will tell. As far as leaving, I don't think we'll be leaving anytime soon, in fact if Bush stays in power I feel a draft may be in order.
RockNRollDawgie
Rock n' Roll Doggie
DrTeeth said:
Guess I was hoping for the best Thre'll be troops in Iraq of some
kind for decades I bet.
Hopefully, with this turn over of "power," things will calm down a bit.
Rono
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Briliant move but it was stupid not to call the Dutch troops and warn them. I guess that it say`s enough about the real repect for the rest of the coalition troops.
Scarletwine
New Yorker
The news agencies are reporting that approx. 20B are missing from oil program and reconstruction dollars. Isn't that more than was supposedley lost in the food for oil. And we did it all in a year.
Klaus
Refugee
Scarletwine:
There you can see that the US is much more efficient than the UN
There you can see that the US is much more efficient than the UN
You can always count on there being some nasty comment in any good news involving this administration.
[Q]France moved to normalize business ties with Iraq on Monday, just hours after the U.S.-led coalition occupying the country announced it had transferred sovereignty to an interim government two days ahead of schedule.
The French Finance Ministry said in a statement that full economic ties with Iraq will be restored immediately following Monday's hand-over of power to the country's interim government. [/Q]
On a good side, France is on board.
[Q]France moved to normalize business ties with Iraq on Monday, just hours after the U.S.-led coalition occupying the country announced it had transferred sovereignty to an interim government two days ahead of schedule.
The French Finance Ministry said in a statement that full economic ties with Iraq will be restored immediately following Monday's hand-over of power to the country's interim government. [/Q]
On a good side, France is on board.
nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
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verte76
Blue Crack Addict
So, what's going to happen now? I guess the first thing will be to recognize the government. What do they have to do to get the government recognized?
nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
It probably involves filing a number of forms in triplicate.
nbcrusader
Blue Crack Addict
France to Work on Iraq Business Ties
Now, let me get this straight. GWB is suppose to be in it for the $$$. France is in it for ???
Now, let me get this straight. GWB is suppose to be in it for the $$$. France is in it for ???
verte76
Blue Crack Addict
Internet people in Iraq have a unique problem. Their country doesn't have a "national" code the way other countries do. This is a part of government and other URL's. It should be .iq. But this code was acquired by a company that got in hot water with the government over something. They did something illegal. The Iraq museum in Baghdad has already registered a domain, I think it's iraqmuseum. Some Iraqi wanted to start a site with the .iq. code in it and just put "Republic of Iraq" on it. The agency that assigns national Internet codes wouldn't let him. He said "we just want to prove the country exists". The agency still says no. So while Iranian sites can use .ir. Iraqi sites don't have a national code, and they don't want to share one with another country.
