Transfer of Power to the Iraqis Is Said to Be Well Under Way | NYT

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Transfer of Power to the Iraqis Is Said to Be Well Under Way
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Published: June 13, 2004

AGHDAD, Iraq, June 12 — With less than three weeks to go before sovereignty returns to Iraq, American and Iraqi officials are saying that much of the transfer has already happened.

The new interim Iraqi government has been formed, the old governing council has been dissolved and the majority of the ministries, including some crucial ones like oil, transportation and foreign affairs, have been turned over to Iraqi management. Meanwhile, both American advisers and Iraqi leaders said their roles had already shifted, with Iraqis running day-to-day affairs and Americans dispensing advice — and dollars.

Walid Saleh, planning director for the Water Resources Ministry, said his ministry used to be controlled by a team of six American water experts. Now, Mr. Saleh said, these advisers have become "consultants."

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[shraby]

1. I wonder what will happen

if the Iraqi Ministry wants to do something the "consultants" don't want them to?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

2. Oh, so they're already changing the titles of people

To do the same jobs? I guess we could really say the transfer has already occured since that's how much change we're going to see.

[Spinzonner]

3. Put those deck chairs

on that Titanic over there