The so-called leaders of so-called "sovereign" Iraq
were to be loyals puppets of US. The choosing of a
new interim president and prime minister showed that
they had gotten at least partly free from the leash
of the Americans. The question now is that how much
power they can take from themselves from their American
overseers still left in place?

One can wonder how much need a man like Iyad Allawi,
who has pretty much no public support, sees for an
election when January comes? One wouldn´t be making
huge gamble by claiming that they will be postponed.
And I wouldn´t be surprised if there will be no
elections held this time in 2005. One day elections
will be held, but the current pack of Iraqi so-called
leaders will need a rigged election in the Baathist
style to stay in power and I don´t think that they
have seen this much trouble to gain power only to give
it up to somebody else. The Shia are an exception to
this, because of their huge numbers. Their parties
can win a free election. The question is, would they
afterwards see any sense in new, free elections?