Prime minister says government could impose martial law in some parts of I

[Judi Lynn]

Prime minister says government could impose martial law in some parts of Iraq after June 30 handover
By Danica Kirka, Associated Press, 6/21/2004 04:42



BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The Iraqi government may impose martial law in parts of the country to fight insurgents after it takes over power from the U.S.-led occupation on June 30, the interim prime minister said.

Prime Minister Iyad Allawi also said he intends to resurrect aspects of Iraq's former military, enlarging the overall army while creating police and paramilitary units focused on controlling riots and fighting guerrillas.

''They are trying to destroy our country and we are not going to allow this,'' Allawi told reporters Sunday.

He added that the May 2003 decision to disband the Iraqi army was a mistake.
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http://www.boston.com/dailynews/173/world/Prime_minister_says_government:.shtml

[oblivious]

1. ''They are trying to destroy our country & we are not going to allow this"

Look out the window, Allawi. There is nothing left to destroy.

[drfemoe]

2. s'cuse me

but they have curfews in effect now, as I understand it.
No voting, no protesting.
What more does "martial law" restrict?
What am I missing?

[Zhade]

3. This is why they want Negroponte. He's used to this sort of thing.

One can only hope his reputation proceedeth him...

[Disturbed]

4. Meet the new boss...

I bet most Iraqis just love this guy.

[the Kelly Gang]

7. yep..meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[0rganism]

5. If anyone could make them nostalgiac for Saddam, it's Negroponte

Only explanation I can come up with: the bush administration is aiming for the "most ironic presidency ever" award.

[Disturbed]

6. "most ironic presidency ever"

If you are refering to shrub wouldn't most moronic fit more aptly?

btw this new boss is the PM, Pres, and two VPs, figure heads.

Should we start a death pool to bet how long this fool lasts?

The "new" Govt. will be quite popular with everyone but... the Iraqis.

Full Sovereignty?
Throughout the spring, as hundreds died in the spiraling conflict, as Regime bosses applied their hardcore "anti-terrorist" tortures to innocent bystanders raked up in their occupation nets, as Regime mouthpieces prated endlessly of "liberation" and "sovereignty," Bush viceroy Paul Bremer was quietly signing a series of edicts that will give the United States effective control over the military, ministries -- and money -- of any Iraqi government, for years to come, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Bremer has placed U.S.-appointed "commissions" made up of Americans and local puppets throughout Iraqi government agencies; the ministers supposedly in charge weren't even told of the edicts. These boards "will serve multiyear terms and have significant authority to run criminal investigations, award contracts, direct troops and subpoena citizens," the Journal reports. Any new Iraqi government "will have little control over its armed forces, lack the ability to make or change laws and be unable to make major decisions within specific ministries without tacit U.S. approval, say U.S. officials."


Earlier Bremer edicts laid the Iraqi economy wide open to ruthless exploitation by Bush-approved foreign "investors"; dominance of such key sectors as banking, communications -- and energy -- is already well advanced. The latest dictates aim to ensure that this organized looting goes on, no matter what kind of makeshift "interim government" the United Nations manage to piece together. Bush's plans to build a Saddamite fortress embassy in Baghdad and 14 permanent military bases around the country are designed to provide the knee-breaking "security" for these lucrative arrangements



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