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  • New Iraqi PM Not Ashamed of CIA Links

    06/09/2004 11:44:31 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 8 replies · 284+ views
    Reuters ^ | Wed Jun 9, 2004 01:09 PM ET | Lin Noueihed
        New Iraqi PM Not Ashamed of CIA LinksWed Jun 9, 2004 01:09 PM ET By Lin Noueihed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - New Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Wednesday he was not ashamed of having worked with the CIA and other intelligence agencies as head of an exiled group trying to destabilize Saddam Hussein's regime. "I was the head of a political organization in touch with at least 15 intelligence services across the world and in the region," Allawi said after a cabinet meeting. "We don't feel ashamed of having been in touch to liberate Iraq from the...
  • Iraqis wrangle over future president

    05/30/2004 8:40:33 AM PDT · by Valin · 1 replies · 125+ views
    Reuters ^ | 5/30/04 | Tom Perry
    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi leaders are wrangling over who should succeed Saddam Hussein as president after they agreed on other key posts in the new government that will take power next month from the U.S. occupation authority. With the top post of prime minister filled and consensus on key ministries, Iraqi officials spoke on Sunday of sharp disagreement on the largely ceremonial choice of head of state between Adnan Pachachi, veteran scion of a pre-Saddam political dynasty, and Ghazi Yawar, a youthful engineer long based in Saudi Arabia. U.S. and U.N. officials may now be ready to propose a third...