IRAQ - April 6 - US 'Aims For Legitimate Govt'.US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships. tells NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. television that the administration Washington is setting up in Baghdad is merely a stop gap which will have no long-term role in running the country. He says: "Our goal is to have a legitimate Iraqi government that represents the Iraqi people. The goal is not to install some particular group as the new leaders of Iraq - that absolutely contradicts the whole notion of democracy". (His comments appear designed to counter criticism that the US is seeking to set up a government dominated by its own generals and favoured Iraqi exiles). Wolfowitz says the administration that will control the country in the immediate aftermath of war is merely intended to keep basic services basic services, n.pl frequently insurance companies split dental procedures into basic and major categories. Basic services usually consist of diagnostic, preventive, and routine restorative dental services. going until a permanent government is chosen. The US has already named several military and government officials who will control Iraq following the war, under the leadership of retired Gen. Jay Garner Jay Montgomery Garner (born April 15, 1938) is a retired United States Army general who was appointed in 2003 as Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq but was soon replaced by L. Paul Bremer. . But Wolfowitz repeatedly refers to this proposed administration as an "interim authority" rather than a government. He says its aim is to provide services including security, food, medicine, water, electricity and sewerage sewerage, system for the removal and disposal of chiefly liquid wastes and of rainwater, which are collectively called sewage. The average person in the industrialized world produces between 60 and 140 gallons of sewage per day. . The interim administration will act as a bridge to the creation of a legitimate government, which he says will probably take more than six months. The US will not be picking winners for the permanent government, Wolfowitz says, adding: "There is a lot to build on here but the goal is not to have any one particular group or any one particular leader to be the favoured choice of the Americans". He says he cannot say whether Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial leader of the Iraqi National Congress Noun 1. Iraqi National Congress - a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government INC (INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. ) opposition coalition, with strong ties to Washington, will end up as the leader of the country. "That is for Iraqis to decide", Wolfowitz says. The US administration is divided over the role of the exiled opposition, particularly the INC. Chalabi has strong support at the Pentagon but he has had strained relations with the US State Department, which argues that he lacks a domestic popular base. |
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