U.N. Recommends Iraq Caretaker Government

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq should dissolve the U.S.-picked Governing Council and set up a caretaker government of respected Iraqis to lead the country from the U.S. handover of power on June 30 until elections set for Jan. 31, U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday.

The caretaker government would be led by a prime minister and include a president and two vice presidents. It must include ``Iraqi men and women known for their honesty, integrity and competence,'' Brahimi said.

The U.N. envoy has been in Iraq since April 5 trying to work out a framework for the political process despite the worst violence since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

A ``consultative assembly'' should also be created, but not an interim legislature, Brahimi said. The Governing Council would be dissolved when the caretaker government is handed sovereignty by U.S. administrators on June 30.

``I am absolutely confident that most Iraqis want a simple solution for this interim period,'' he said. ``You don't need a legislative body for this short period.''

Brahimi said he was ``confident'' that a government can be set up and that he would give U.N. chief Kofi Annan recommendations on how to do so when he returns to U.N. headquarters. But he acknowledged that security must improve ``considerably'' before the Jan. 31 election can take place.



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-UN-Envoy.html

like yesterday.

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get the horrendous cabal out of Iraq first and then we can perhaps get them the heck out of here.

the problem is how do we get the security issue resolved?

there will be no security issue. That might sound too simple, but I think that it will work better to have Iraqi faces out in front and the US military assisting as needed and upon request instead of running things.