That a calm and cautious figure like Sistani is talking about the potential of the interim constitution's approval of loose federalism to destabilize or even break up Iraq alarms me no end.
Sistani's bone of contention is a clause that gives Kurds in the north a veto right over any new constitution.
And in another post, he reveals more of the illegal goings on of Paul Bremer and the U.S. hand.
Paul Bremer signed Law Number 64 on Sunday, altering the Iraqi law of corporations (which had been enacted in 1997), changing the legal climate for commercial enterprises in Iraq. The new law removes obstacles that had prevented the formation of Iraqi commercial institutions, permits capital investments in current Iraqi companies, and in general creates the precondtions for a free economy.
...The Hague Regulations of 1907, governing military occupations, strictly forbid the occupying power from making significant changes in local law. But since the Iraq war and everything that followed it was illegal, I suppose that cow was out of the barn long ago. What is tragic is that apparently the return of sovereignty was delayed for a full year precisely so that laissez faire economics could be imposed on the country.
It is incredible that this sort of thing appears not to be reported in the Western press.
...The Hague Regulations of 1907, governing military occupations, strictly forbid the occupying power from making significant changes in local law. But since the Iraq war and everything that followed it was illegal, I suppose that cow was out of the barn long ago. What is tragic is that apparently the return of sovereignty was delayed for a full year precisely so that laissez faire economics could be imposed on the country.
It is incredible that this sort of thing appears not to be reported in the Western press.
Incredible perhaps. But not in the least surprising. Par for the course, in fact.
And, finally, in a third post...
Iraqi sources connected to the ministry of the interior (=FBI in American terms, MI5 in British ones) say that 1,000 Iraqis were assassinated in the months following the fall of Saddam from among the cadres of scientists and artistic and cultural figures, the majority of them physicians, professors, engineers working for military production in the former regime.
...The Quds press agency reports that there is a new wave of assassinations in Baghdad and other cities, targetting former Baathists.
...The Quds press agency reports that there is a new wave of assassinations in Baghdad and other cities, targetting former Baathists.
That's a great way to go. Slaughter the people most needed. Particularly brilliant. And perhaps calculated. The fact that these people were forced to "join" the Baathist party in order to have their jobs apparently doesn't matter.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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