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2004-05-28 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqis Have Doubts Over Choice of Interim Premier

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Posted by Zenster 2004-05-28 2:28:00 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 News that Iyad Allawi had been chosen as interim prime minister on Friday did little to cheer many Iraqis who dismissed him as an outsider lacking the political experience to lead the country out of post-war chaos.

"What is his political experience? I know nothing about him. He lived abroad as an exile. We need someone who lived here who can pull Iraq out of a crisis," said a hotel manager who declined to give his name.

Does this "hotel manager" really believe that after thirty years of Saddam Hussein's rule, there's going to be an ample supply of home-grown Iraqis with the proper amount of "political experience"??

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-28 2:38:10 PM|| 2004-05-28 2:38:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's why they're going to have a real election in a few months. Politics is not a bad thing.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2004-05-28 2:56:13 PM|| 2004-05-28 2:56:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ah, this is just Reuters doing its usual. Notice how they only spoke to people in central Baghdad. That way they could get back to the hotel bar quickly. Anyone who was picked by the "american stooges" on the IGC would get this treatment.

Hey, Im starting to sound like a regular Rantburger! Im going native!! Yarghhhh!!

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-05-28 3:31:27 PM|| 2004-05-28 3:31:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 If they talked to the hotel manager they probably didn't have to leave the bar...

Posted by Fred 2004-05-28 3:39:14 PM|| 2004-05-28 3:39:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 So how many people do you think they spoke to in Baghdad before they found 2 that would meet the needs of the story they wanted to right? 20? 30? Or do you think they spoke to 0 and made the interviews up?

It's a tough call... but I think I'm gonna go with 0.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-05-28 3:40:44 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2004-05-28 3:40:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 And Fred plunges the stilleto between the ribs and pierces the heart.

Posted by ed 2004-05-28 3:42:23 PM|| 2004-05-28 3:42:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mr. Ambassador would you like a cigar? They are excellent. They come from the Dominican Republic.

I do not take the product of imperialist stooges.

Only commie stooges, huh?

(Sorry, can't help myself. Whenever I hear the term American Stooges I think of Dr. Stragelove.)

Posted by remote man 2004-05-28 4:31:23 PM|| 2004-05-28 4:31:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder if they noticed the hotel manager was Australian before interviewing him.

(Or worse... I'm imagining the protagonist from the song "Mr. Bad Example.")

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-05-28 5:25:37 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-05-28 5:25:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Al BEEB describes the UN reaction as "lukewarm". (My scarequotes, not theirs.) That right there sounds very encouraging. However, UN Envoy Brahimi "respects" (their scarequotes) the decision. Works for me. I was afraid the fix would be in with the UN involved. So what if the current Governing Council wants to hang on to some power. If they didn't have ambition, they wouldn't be politicians. The voters will get to sort it out soon enough.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-05-28 7:51:51 PM|| 2004-05-28 7:51:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I have no problem with working with the UN as long as any action resulting from debate is limited to debate. Have a ball. This first step taken by Iraq is a big one. Especially with the jihadis trying to derail it at every turn. If the Iraqis can make this work at all, it will be a tremendous step toward transforming the ME.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-05-28 7:58:20 PM|| 2004-05-28 7:58:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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