Brahimi quits post as UN envoy in Iraq

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/438248.html

NEW YORK - Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations special envoy to Iraq, announced his resignation from the post at a meeting yesterday of the Security Council and in the presence of Secretary General Kofi Annan.
The resignation, brewing for a number of days, shocked the diplomatic community at the world body.

Brahimi explained that his decision stemmed from great difficulties and frustration experienced during his assignment in Iraq. He said that he does not intend to return to Iraq.

{a little more at the link}

why the hurry to leave this wonderful new free country and never come back?

I glad he made the right decision.

Now I hope that he tells the world the truth.

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The new government's credibility among Iraqis, as one "man on the street" there noted, is that "it can't be worse than Saddam Hussein." The UN special representative, Lakhdar Brahimi, has politely repudiated it, observing that it conforms to the wishes of L. Paul Bremer 3rd, "the dictator of Iraq."
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http://www.iht.com/articles/524139.html

is not particularly hopeful that Kerry will change course (on Iraq policy) enough to make a difference. (I've worried about that too.)

Thanks for posting it!

I think Kerry is making a big mistake here because the anti-Iraq-war world is not coming to the rescue with/without * in the presidency. The US Iraqi misadventure is fundamentally a connived and wrong war - regardless of Saddam Hussien's history.If Kerry wins the election and continues *'s Iraqi policy, he, Kerry, will be saddled, vociferously, with all the failures of *'s misadventures in Iraq by the neocons, hawks and rethuglican party! I'll bet you the Democratic party will come out of that smelling not even bad, but really nasty!

This is a big story....did the media miss it because of the Reagan coverage?

They're quoting UN sources.

on edit: story was posted about 3 pm Pacific.

:bounce:

<I may even hold my breath *LOL*!!!!>

be exponentially worse than the one preceding.

Bring down this wicked house. Pull the troops OUT. Pour in aid (take tens of billions out of the hundreds which the war profiteers have STOLEN and put it in the people). IF we're not courageous enough to actually imprison the fucks who created this catastrophe (which, we should be, for once),...at least bury their honor, forever!!!

Otherwise,...we deserve every future horror that we get. I will not be buying the "victim" and "fear factor" and "nationalism" thingy,...from this day forward,...unless JUSTICE is IN ACTION.

If it happens now, the party could field another Stepford candidate to replace him.

falling apart at once. This summer looks to be a comedy/variety show: Plame "outing" indictments, Abu Ghraib Courts Martial, Asscroft vs. SCOTUS (never thought I'd see that one) over release of documents, investigations of overcharging by Halliburton, rising dead and wounded in Iraq as well as well-timed assassinations of our chosen "interim government" there, bottomless deficits and the ever present possibility that the AQ scumbags we have yet to take out will strike us again. Why should Kerry argue over who owns the shovel while shrub keeps digging his hole deeper. November can't come soon enough for me.

Can you imagine what it is going to be like when Duhbya is a lame duck? I hate to think of what extremes he will be driven to! He might start another war or two! He might turn to domestic violence... troops in the streets of our own cities!

EOM

Like invade Syria! Bomb Iran! Pull out of NATO!

That's pretty much already the case. Bush did not consult NATO even once in regard to the invasion of Iraq. Many Europeans already see NATO as dead, with Bush having destroyed the alliance. The new "European Defense Force" will replace NATO in Europe and the US will be on it's own.
This past week at Sea Isalnd, Bush had high hopes that NATO would help in Iraq. European NATO members responded by saying NO to everything the Idiot asked for.

Who would have not trusted the illustrious FBI? Their plan: blame her, attack her, and never stop attacking.

always thought that he really had no desire to be president, but just "went along with it" as he has with the rest of his life. There are moments when he reveals his resentment at having to "put up with" being president. I think he will be relieved and relaxed when we remove his responsibilities from him. He'll still be an asshole, but he'll be less dangerous as his support network will be too busy looking for jobs to plan further damage. The lame duck Congress won't want to "help" him either. My only real concern is that AQ will strike us here between November and January. That would create a real power vacuum.

You are correct, of course. I will not truly be able to relax until I see and hear the words, "I, John Forbes Kerry, do solemnly swear . . .

but his wacko advisers will work overtime between November and January, currying favor as they plan to return to private life. Dubya as a lame duck DOES worry me.

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He'll go quietly into history forever to be rememberd as the failure he is. He is a COWARD after all. That's what cowards do.

They're all fighting shrub's and dickhead's wars.

what he will do after the election in November. Think about the damage he could do as a lame duck. :scared: All that power with no real constraint. Truly frightening thought.

...prevent the NeoCons from taking ANY action, military or otherwise.

This is what really concerns me. Pardon-city for his cronies - wholesale leasing of land by the BLM, you name it. Bugs the sh*t out of me.

That one is HOT. Neo-cons are already taking lie detector tests!

The ear plugs drove him out.

nt

n/t

Only ignorant Americans will see it as otherwise. It won't stand.
Iraqis know colonization when they see it. The UN was used and abused again. BushCo disdains the UN but uses it for it's own devious agenda.
Does anyone think that this guy was that naive coming into this?

Don't eat the brown acid.

...at noon. Should be interesting to hear what he has to say...:wow:

Brahimi's certainly on my "A" list for today.

...about his resignation (and the reasoning behind it).:wow:

I give him a lot of credit!

I think there are a lot of U.N. people who are upset about a lot of things. Before the U.N. resolution, I heard an interview with a U.N. official in Baghdad who was unhappy over what was brewing...he was afraid the the U.N. would wind up sanctioning an "illegitimate government."

The article does quote a UN official saying that Brahimi's job in Iraq was complete. Nonetheless, IF this is reported in the US press, it won't look good for the US administration and that's fine by me.

When does his daughter marry the Jordanian prince?

I can't find anything outside of Haaretz that says this. Interesting and I don't blame him but why are no other news agencies reporting it??!!??

I guess we have to wait till he appears on Wolf's progam today, he is on the schedule. I wonder if he will announce it there?

n/t

over the sovereignty to Iraq.. He is in deep doo-doo!

Nuremberg revisited..WAR CRIMES are an understatement for this bunch.

Glad no one is waiting for the SCOTUS to render their decision.

I don't trust them to do the right thing anyway!...

I have not seen anything yet.

Bremer being "dictator." Said it was said "tongue in cheek." After itemizing all the things that Bremer controlled, he said said he had commented that Bremer was for all intents and purposes had powers like a "dictator" but that it was taken the wrong way and he was sorry about it. He said that he and Bremer cooperated in a "reasonably" good way.

Diplomatic blah blah blah

He also did say he was "taking a few days off" before he started on new endeavors......

I suppose it was hoping for too much to have him brand the whole enterprise as fraudulent. And maybe he doesn't have to. It's clear enough to anyone who's watching.

And even if Brahimi is deeply pessimistic about the outcomes, it is wiser to step out the way, after having done all he could in good faith (while the CPA et al. clearly acted in very bad faith). He doesn't wish the Iraqis ill. I wonder if he's gnashing his teeth in private, though.

David Kay came back from Iraq saying we were wrong, and there aren't weapons. A few days later, he backed off of that , and started saying Saddam "may have been an even greater threat..."

Speak out against Bush, and you are going to get a phone call. After that, you'd better soften it up, or else. Sad. Very sad.

The Bush people have tried to destroy Richard Clarke, Chirac, O'Neill and anyone else who breaks with them.

Good for Brahimi.

CNN in the future? I haven't seen her broadcasting since her father got sucked into all this idiocy.

She also seems to be a real sweetheart from what I could tell about her emotional involvement in the situation.

She resigned from CNN a while ago.

I'd like confirmation before I go ranting to folks about this.

that's the tone of this piece from June 3rd:

"Lakhdar Brahimi, wrapping up his U.N. mission to bring an interim government to Iraq, looked a little tired and disheartened Wednesday as he said the compromise he negotiated was the best possible under American control.
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"Bremer is the dictator of Iraq," he said. "He has the money. He has the signature."
He later added: "I will not say who was my first choice, and who was not my first choice. . . . I will remind you that the Americans are governing this country.""

http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Jun/06032004/nation_w/172334.asp