The United states/United Kingdom appointed, 25-member, interim Governing Council, of Iraq, elects Iyad Allawi, as interim Prime Minister.   Allawi is a former protege of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, and is suspected of having personally murdered political prisoners.

       [added 12/23/2023]

       There is no end of evil.  What kind of an Iraqi would associate with this man?  Would You associate with him?  Or his U.S. backers?  For shame. –– JL

Subsequent Events:

4/28/2005                  12/30/2006

References:

t r u t h o u t – Iraqi Leader Allawi ‘Saddam-Lite in the Making’
www.truthout.org/docs_04/071804A.html

Iyad Allawi – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyad_Allawi

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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