Aljazeera.Net - Iraqi government will exclude INC members : "The US has decided to exclude from the interim Iraqi government the majority of politicians who have served on the US-appointed Governing Council over the last year.
In a report on Saturday, The Washington Post cited unnamed US and UN officials who claimed an entirely new Iraqi government would be picked to assume power on 30 June.
The latest shift in policy comes as the US-led occupation administration faces some contentious and long-standing issues ahead of the power transfer.
The Post said at the top of the list of those probably to be jettisoned was Ahmad Chalabi, a Shia politician who for years was a Pentagon favourite and popular with Vice President Richard Cheney.
Fall from favour?
Chalabi has increasingly alienated his paymasters in the Bush administration, including the president."
In a report on Saturday, The Washington Post cited unnamed US and UN officials who claimed an entirely new Iraqi government would be picked to assume power on 30 June.
The latest shift in policy comes as the US-led occupation administration faces some contentious and long-standing issues ahead of the power transfer.
The Post said at the top of the list of those probably to be jettisoned was Ahmad Chalabi, a Shia politician who for years was a Pentagon favourite and popular with Vice President Richard Cheney.
Fall from favour?
Chalabi has increasingly alienated his paymasters in the Bush administration, including the president."
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