Looking for link/ US to maintain control in Iraq (today's headlines)

[m-jean03]

This was on the front page of our local paper (subheading: "Even after June 30th handover, governing council to have little real power") and I was surprised I couldn't find it at the news sites, or being discussed on DU. (Perhaps because we knew this already?) Anyone have a link?

It said all real power would continue to be based out of the US Embassy, which would be guarded by thousands of troops.

This was the first I had heard of so much being admitted by the administration. I didn't have money for a paper so I am looking for a link to read the whole article.

[KG]

1. of course the US won't give real power to the iraqis, the first thing

they would do is tell us to get the fuck out of their country.

[BootinUp]

2. lol, how true

[m-jean03]

3. kick for link

nt

[MetaTrope]

4. Here's one

"Sovereign" Iraq will stay under U.S. authority

The United States says Iraq will be sovereign, no longer under military occupation, after June 30.
But because the fledgling Iraqi government will be capable of tackling little more than drawing up a budget and preparing for elections, top U.S. and Iraqi officials say, most power will reside within the world's largest U.S. Embassy, backed by 110,000 U.S. troops.

"We're still here. We'll be paying a lot of attention and we'll have a lot of influence," a top U.S. official said on condition of anonymity. "We're going to have the world's largest diplomatic mission with a significant amount of political weight."

That's Bush diplomacy for you.

[m-jean03]

5. Thanks!

These guys have me constantly shaking my head. 110, 000 troops not an occupation? A thought occupies my mind. I am occupying my apartment. They are occupying the country. Maybe someone has said that word too many times? Like "bubble gum" and "Kleenex", after repetition it begins to sound nonsensical. . .

[Bandit]

6. "The US says Iraq will be sovereign, no longer under military occupation"

We will keep all our military there and keep control of the country but we say they are now sovereign and not under occupation so that is how it is. If we say it is so then it is so no matter what your lying eyes tell you. Credibility, we don't need no stinkin' Credibility. We is the Bush* Cabal. We answer to no one.