Posted on 06/27/2004 10:50:49 PM PDT by Southack
Edited on 06/27/2004 11:30:47 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Update:
IRAQ HANDOVER 'TODAY'
The handover of power in Iraq is to be brought forward to today.
A formal announcement will be made later today, Tony Blair said.
The informal announcement was made by Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari.
The handover of power to an interim Iraqi government was supposed to take place on June 30.
Mr Zebari said the deteriorating security situation in the country was one of the reasons why the date had been brought forward.
"We will challenge these elements in Iraq, the anti-democratic elements, by even bringing the handover of sovereignty before June 30 as a sign we are ready for it," he said.
He added: "We have made some very good progress in terms of the new security council (in Iraq) and the return of sovereignty to the Iraqi people to take away the level of occupation we have suffered a great deal from.
"There are many Iraqis who are standing up to the challenge. We are here to seek more help and assistance, training and equipment."
Just checking her response.
FoxNews did announce it at the bottom of the hour....
I am sure it will repeat at the top of the hour...
Unlike CNN, FOX will get the facts straight before live coverage. NYT is now trying to find a way to spin it.
Excellent news! Once again Bush & co outsmarts bad guys!
The terrrorists are caught with their pants down!
The press is caught with pants down!
Drudge is caught with his pants down!
The Dems are caught with their pants down!
Where's Clinton???
Welcome! Thank you for your service to our country :)
The DUers are very very angry....even alarmed.
One parroted what was said here about Moore prompting this.
Damn...do any of them offer substance or is it all cursing and attempts at pith?
Interesting ...a post says ABC says transfer has taken place ....
DUer could be wrong ...ABC could be wrong etc
probably nobbing a chick he plucked off the book line
The war whore is on now.
Yeah, FNC seems to have a different take on the story. Carol Iovanna I think was her name mentioned it MIGHT be taking place as early as today at the bottom of the hour, but MSNBC had already broken in saying it WAS at that point...CNN seemed to wake up the latest but are now the ones actually talking about it...
Christianne Amma...whatever her name is is saying now it was transfered 1/2 hour ago at 10:26 or something Iraq time...
FNC is missing out...MSNBC is back with that now, too!
Prayers for you too.
Peter Jennings live on ABC now.
The Taliban-style, terrorist-harboring mini state of Fallujah must be taken down.
OMG! Bush Knew!!!
Per CNN, (gack) the transfer has already taken place.
Isn't this just fantastic?
http://time.gov/
If you're in the US you'll get an accurate time for your location, plus there is a world map which shows light and dark.
LOL!
Tony Blair knew TOO! HORRORS!
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