Posted on 09/01/2003 9:58:40 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BAGHDAD — Iraq's Governing Council yesterday named a 25-member Cabinet reflecting the country's ethnic and religious makeup to take charge of government ministries and begin reclaiming some powers from the U.S.-led coalition.
A huge funeral procession for a popular Shi'ite cleric, meanwhile, arrived at the holy city of Najaf, where the ayatollah died in a bomb blast Friday. Arab TV broadcast an audiotape purportedly from Saddam Hussein denying any involvement in the bombing.
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