Reply #4: Absurd about the "blessing" of Allawi by Brahimi [View All]

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since he was basically co-opted out of the process.
"But U.S. officials hope that Iyad Allawi, prime minister of the new government of the still nonsovereign Iraq, will gain more acceptance from Iraqis than the U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council, which dissolved itself Tuesday.


In terms of public support, Allawi appears to have a leg up on the council because he has the blessing of Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N. envoy to Iraq.


The more the new government is seen as sovereign by outsiders, the better its chance of acceptance by Iraqis."

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aYFeahttjZS4&refer=uk