Iraqi Governing Council may not adhere to U.S. power transfer plan, member

Iraq's Governing Council will study Washington's proposals for a speedier transfer of power but won't necessarily agree with the details, a member said Friday, while U.S. forces were hit by another attack in Baghdad.

"On our part, we have our own ideas," said Mahmoud Othman, an independent Kurdish member of the 24-seat body appointed by U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer four months ago.

Bremer was returning to Baghdad Friday after meeting with President Bush to discuss ways of speeding up the transfer of power to an Iraqi-led government amid deteriorating security in the country.

The attacks continued Friday. A roadside bomb blew up as U.S. soldiers tried to defuse it in Baghdad's northwestern neighborhood of Khadra, causing three casualties among the soldiers, a witness said. The witness, Ahmed Mohammed, did not know if the three soldiers were killed or wounded, and the U.S. military had no immediate comment.

U.S. troops blocked the road for about an hour and called through loudspeakers for Iraqis to help them capture those who planted the bomb. They also handed out leaflets offering a $10,000 reward to anybody with information about anti-coalition insurgents.

Othman said Bremer would likely meet with members of the governing body on Saturday to present details of the policy shift regarding the transfer of power to a transitional government.

"We will listen to Bremer and he will listen to us," he said.

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Most live in guarded compounds and one
never knows what country they are currently in.
For example, Chalabi is presently missing. I
haven't seen him on the news for… I don't know
how long. If anyone has seen him, please send
an email- I'm dying to know what he's up to.


http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

Very informative. And maddening.

Amazing how much info comes across the
iternet in 2 days.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EK12Ak03.html

I think the cost/benefit ratio is against us
(our Billions/their Millions)
and time(GAO says we can't sustain
troops past March04).

The words Must and Can't seem to
be mixed all thru IraqWar articles IMO.

You must have been blissfully happy in the hospital, isolated from all the bad news!

Except the $10,000 bounties to anyone with information about anti-coalition forces. Our tax money securing Enduring Freedom at work!

Guess again, Mahmoud. Your ideas will be the corrupt Bush administration's ideas. The Bushistas killed Iraq fair and square, and they'll be the ones to decide what to do with the carcass.

Hey, you know Mahmoud, it's kind of a long way from the Kurdish north to Baghdad. Why don't you fly there? The Americans will supply you a pilot and a small plane. Sure, bring your entire entourage! No sense leaving anyone behind.