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[Buzzflash.com] World Media Watch on BuzzFlash.com: 2//Asia Times Online, Hong Kong--US LEAVES IRAQ RUNNING ON EMPTY (A barrage of binding decrees passed during the United States occupation of Iraq, combined with a lack of resources, heavy debt and the continuing presence of a massive US force, provide clear evidence that the recent handover of authority to Iraqis does not equal real control over the economy...Meanwhile, a recent report by the Open Society Institute's (OSI) program to monitor Iraq's reconstruction said that the US-controlled CPA was engaged in a last-minute spending spree, committing billions of dollars to "ill-conceived projects just before it dissolves", in an apparent attempt to pre-impose those deals on any future Iraqi government. The US-controlled Program Review Board, the body in charge of managing Iraq's finances, approved the expenditure of nearly US$2 billion in Iraqi funds for reconstruction projects in just a single meeting.

[Spencepublishing.typepad.com] In the Red Zone: Democracy and Elections: Iraqi Islamic Party (main Sunni group headed by Mohsen Abdel-Hamid): 21342 ."Saddam turned the Iraqi people in a bomb,"

[Juancole.com] Informed Comment: Reuters reports that the Iraqi Islamic Party of Muhsin Abdul Hamid and several other small Sunni Arab parties are still agitating for the postponement of the elections scheduled for January 30. They argue that time is needed for "national reconciliation" and that the national party lists disadvantage the Sunnis.

[Christianiraq.com] ChristianIraq.com » Kurdish: From Halabja to Erbil to Sulaimaniyah, young Kurds said they had no interest in voting on an Iraqi constitution which, they claim, did not support Kurdish rights or self-determination. But rather than endorse the political process by voting against the constitution, they chose to stay away from the polls.

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