(Allawi says) Iraq poll victors 'are paralysing the country'

[ECH1969]

Iraq's interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, criticised the winners of the January elections yesterday, saying they had "paralysed" the country by failing over the past six weeks to agree on the shape of a new government.

The new parliament meets for the first time tomorrow in a sitting intended to usher in Iraq's first elected national administration for decades. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Mr Allawi said the impasse was "paralysing life in this country".

He added: "The country cannot remain as it is now. There are things that need to be done and a decision needs to be arrived at.''

The two groups' inability to agree can only provide political advantage for Mr Allawi, whose cabinet will remain as a caretaker government until a new one can be announced.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/15/wirq15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/15/ixworld.html
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I don't know about you, but I found this funny.

[confludemocrat]

1. Yeah, we need the Americans to help us fix things

[merwin]

15. Didn't * say that it was going to be 'hard work' and things wouldnt change

immediately?

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Note to Bush's water boy in Baghdad: You got 14% of the vote

Now sit down and shut up.

[punpirate]

6. This is likely meant to suggest...

... that if the religious Shia cannot make a deal with the Kurds, well, you'll just have to deal with my party....

If the Shia dig in their heels and form no coalition, that will mean new elections in December, I would guess. Not exactly what anyone planned....

[VelvetMonkeyWrench]

3. ha ha ha

The first signs of legislative gridlock.

Welcome to the sausage making mess known as the democratic process.

[xray s]

4. So Bush's plan comes together

Have an election, but make it nearly impossible to organize a government by requiring a 2/3rds vote to organize

Then declare an impasse and install your own stooge to run the place.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. you forgot:

shake and bake ballots for two weeks to make sure that the UIA doesn't have enough votes to form a government.

[kohodog]

7. It would indeed be funny

If thousands weren't being killed.

[JDPriestly]

8. So, the Republicans threaten to

do away with the filibuster in the Senate and then require 2/3 of the elected representatives in Iraq to agree on setting up a government. Where's Waldo?

[Gloria]

9. The Kurds want it in writing--can you blame them??? Of course,

whatever paper they want may prove meaningless anyway...but, good for them, they want what they want IN WRITING.

[bluestateguy]

10. Who cares what he thinks?

He's just been overwhelmingly rejected by the voters of his country. He has nothing to say and is not worth our attention.

[Rose Siding]

11. To whom is the Iraqi army loyal at this point? (if anyone)

:shrug: Because this sounds like, whatchamacallit, coup talk.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. The Iraqi what?

If the security forces that aren't ready to assume duty stage a coup, we'll know something's fishy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Note to Interim Puppet Allawi

You lost. Get over it.

[leesa]

14. Damned democracy

[SoCalDem]

16. Damn those impudent VICTORS..!!

Expecting to have a say in how the government should be run..

Everyone knows that in America the Victors usually spend their time writing concession speeches and skulking around the perimeter..:)