Arab Group Won't Recognize Iraqi Council

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030805/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arabs_iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480

CAIRO, Egypt - Arab League members will not recognize Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S.-appointed Governing Council and instead will wait until post-Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) Iraq is led by an elected government, league Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Tuesday.

"The Council is a start but it should pave the way for a legitimate government that can be recognized," Moussa said after a committee of league foreign ministers met to forge a unified stance on how to deal with Iraq after Saddam.

Many Arab governments had welcomed the council's formation as a positive step but fell short of recognizing it as a legitimate Iraqi government, saying it would have had more credibility if had been elected by the Iraqi people. Tuesday's decision means that Iraq's seat at the 22-member league will remain vacant until a new government is elected.

Few other league members can claim to be led by democratically elected governments. The Arab League's 22 members include the Palestinian Liberation Organization, which is not a state, and Somalia, which has no internationally recognized government.

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[BushNixon04]

1. anyone read "Weapons of Mass Deception" yet?

I just bought it but have yet to crack to cover.

Apparently the authors claim that the INC is, much like the Kuwaiti-babies-thrown-for-their-incubators story that preceded Gulf War I, a fabrication of a public relations firm.

Here is the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585422762/ref=pd_sim_books_5/102-5808200-5499341?v=glance&s=books

[stopthegop]

2. there's something kinda weird about

Arab governments being picky about elections and such...doesn't seem to be important to them in their own countries...

[CWebster]

4. Until the US does the picking.

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[StopThief]

5. I had a similar thought.

They are going to have a hard time meeting when NONE of their members can be recognized by this standard. LOL

[flyingfish]

3. This is a shock

Didn't see that one coming, did you?! ;-)

[David__77]

6. Decision is 100% correct.

Only Iraq is under the occupation of a non-Arab invader. It makes total sense that the "council" would not be seen as a sovereign government.