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December 18, 2005
Bush Officials Say Iraqi Election Winners Will Still Depend on U.S.
Bush Administration officials who talked with Washington Post Reporter Robin Wright have concluded that, according to Wright: Whoever the winners turn out to be in last week's election [in Iraq], they will still rely heavily on the United States as a broker next year-- in helping to form a government, rewrite the constitution, build up the army and police, jump-start the floundering economy and prevent a civil war, Bush administration officials acknowledge. Iraqis are too divided to do many of these tasks alone, experts add.
In other words, the winners will be puppets who will have to rely on an occupying power to rule or lead. Here's more
Posted by Munir Umrani at December 18, 2005 05:34 PM
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