Iraqi freedom and democracy - under US supervision. Right from the horses mouth.
"Powell defines Iraq’s ‘sovereignty’
Any new Iraqi government due to take power on 1 July will have to surrender many of its powers to occupation forces.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said it was essential the 135,000 troops who invaded and occupied Iraq without a UN mandate continue to operate under US command.
“I hope they will understand that in order for this government to get up and running - to be effective - some of its sovereignty will have to be given back.”
“We have to be able to operate freely, which in some ways infringes on what some would call full sovereignty.”
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But the current head of the US-selected Iraqi Governing Council, Masud Barzani, accused the US of behaving like “an army of occupation”.
“I probably wouldn’t have made the mistake of letting an army of liberation turn into an army of occupation.”
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Powell also sought to damp down the view, voiced by many analysts, that the massive 3000-employee US Embassy in Baghdad led by ambassador John Negroponte would be the real government.
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