Sunday, March 28, 2004

Any questions?

Friday's New York Times reports that US officials believe they have found a legal way for US forces to remain in control of "the security situation" in Iraq even after Iraq supposedly regains its sovereignty on July 1 - assuming saying we're in control of it now is not a misnomer.

Relying on an interpretation of a UN Security Council resolution from last October, L. Paul Bremer issued an executive order that the new Iraqi army will be under the operational command of US forces until December 31, 2005. Which means that once again the "irrelevant" Security Council is being used to give cover to the US occupation.

And the part of this that surprises you is...?
Posted by Lotus at 11:17 PM

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