Iraq Council Delays Choosing New Leader (security "just impossible")

[Barrett808]

Iraq Council Delays Choosing New Leader
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's Governing Council postponed a meeting to select a new Iraqi president by a day Monday, breaking a self-imposed U.N. and coalition deadline to announce a new government by the end of May.

Three officials, including council member Mahmoud Othman, reported the postponement but did not give a reason. However, the delay in choosing a president suggests differences remain between the Iraqi council and the U.S.-run coalition over who should get the job of president.

Ahmad Fawzi, spokesman for U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, warned against assuming that the delay meant the process was in jeopardy. "It is a process that is evolving hour by hour. It is a very delicate process and a delicate balance," he said.

Most of Governing Council favors the current head, civil engineer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, for president, while the Americans back an 81-year-old former foreign minister, Adnan Pachachi. Both men are Sunni Muslim Arabs.

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[BadGimp]

1. it just keeps gettng curiouser and curiouser..

EOM

[Moderator]

2. Duplicate topic, please dicuss here, thanks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=592818&mesg_id=592818