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Details on the plan:

Brahimi/Barzani Brief in Baghdad

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I like Barzani, the cosmopolitan Kurdish leader.

The Algerian Brahimi is carrying the brief for the baathists with his complaints about those baathist 'experts' excluded from Government. The Nov 15th agreement called for all the things he mentions, so it seems we are 'grateful' for the UN to take credit for what Bremer has already negotiated!! Except Sistani wanted to roll Bremer on the assembly process, now it is coming back to life.

There is a lot of political jockeying, and that is fine, if it werent a matter of Iraqi democracy's life in the balance.
We need to make sure the enemies of Iraqi democracy stay the h*ll away from the process.