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IRAQ HANDOVER 'TODAY' (Sovereignty Transfered in surprise move!) Congratulations IRAQ!
Sky News ^ | 6/28/2004

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."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: handover; iraq; iraqasovereignnation; iraqisovereignty; republicofiraq; sovereignnation; sovereignty; strategery; transferofpower; wot
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To: DoctorZIn

"Iraq is now a sovereign country..." (Fox News)


261 posted on 06/28/2004 12:02:20 AM PDT by Mockingbird For Short ("Quaere verum": Seek the Truth)
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To: zarf

or Atlanta


262 posted on 06/28/2004 12:02:34 AM PDT by zarf
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To: Mockingbird For Short

Excellent!


263 posted on 06/28/2004 12:02:53 AM PDT by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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To: nopardons
Isn't this just fantastic?

It sure is.

And what really is fantastic is the moral way the Bush admin handles their business: Honest and true to wards friends and allies, but no compunction about fooling those who are never truthful.

264 posted on 06/28/2004 12:03:08 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: wardaddy

This is a good day. Smooth move by President Bush and PM Blair. I hope that Blair and Bush will get to go to Baghdad before they leave Turkey.


265 posted on 06/28/2004 12:03:15 AM PDT by GOPyouth (De Oppresso Liber! The Tyrant is captured!)
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To: BigWaveBetty

This is really awesome. I bet this was Bush and Blair's idea. Very clever.


266 posted on 06/28/2004 12:03:35 AM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: ScaniaBoy

it's everywhere, fox, drudge...score one for the good guys! everyone pray for the hostages that these cowards are holding!


267 posted on 06/28/2004 12:04:02 AM PDT by vmoney (http://www.theconservativeonline.com)
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To: GOPyouth

I expect they are there right now and it will be announced soon....


268 posted on 06/28/2004 12:04:08 AM PDT by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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To: nopardons

Gosh, that thread has become a 'cannot display page'!


269 posted on 06/28/2004 12:04:26 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty (You're not the boss of me.)
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To: DoctorZIn
I believe we will hear soon that Bush was in Iraq for the handover....

Now wouldn't that be something? LOL!
If he was, they'll wait til he's left the country before announcing it, I'd say.

I wish I could stand to go to DU. It must be a scream right now. LOL! But I always need to take a shower after going there, it makes me feel all scummy.

270 posted on 06/28/2004 12:04:38 AM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: balk

Aren't DUers giving it a negative spin? I'm not interested enough to wade into the foul muck of DU.


271 posted on 06/28/2004 12:04:47 AM PDT by luvbach1 (Leftists don't acknowledge that Reagan won the cold war because they rooted for the other side.)
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To: balk

I think DU is farked.


272 posted on 06/28/2004 12:05:08 AM PDT by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Groutrig

First Gulf War, right? Damn, I wish I had to hand, the description P.J O'Rourke wrote about hitching a ride on a New Zealand Air Force bird and viewing that from above...


274 posted on 06/28/2004 12:05:13 AM PDT by KangarooJacqui ("Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.")
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To: nopardons

So instead of derailing the terrorists thereby saving several lives, we pushed up the transfer up just to rob Moore of all the press. Morons can't even live in the real world. Moore's movie just became more BS, if that's possible.


275 posted on 06/28/2004 12:06:04 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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To: luvbach1

They are deeply saddened...


276 posted on 06/28/2004 12:06:09 AM PDT by DoctorZIn (Until they are Free, "We shall all be Iranians!")
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To: BigWaveBetty

Looks like DU just crashed.


277 posted on 06/28/2004 12:06:13 AM PDT by Vision Thing (Democrats and the mainstream press are proud members of the Hussein Clown Posse)
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To: GoLightly
They have a temporary bill of rights,

1. The right to bear arms
2. The right to bear arms
3. The right to bear arms
4. The right to bear arms
5. The right to bear arms
6. The right to bear arms

And so forth and so on.

278 posted on 06/28/2004 12:06:15 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: luvbach1

Whats a DUer (Im new here)


279 posted on 06/28/2004 12:06:16 AM PDT by Groutrig (The U. S. A. is a Republic, not a Democracy)
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To: sf4dubya

"DU looks like it is down."

How fitting.


280 posted on 06/28/2004 12:06:34 AM PDT by balk (Martin's goin' down!)
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