Iraq



And so the dance starts.

I am really curious if the Americans will pay the debt they owe the Kurds (under both Bushes).



Kurdish members of Iraq's governing council are insisting the country's transitional law include wide-ranging sovereignty rights for the northern Kurdish areas - including control of their natural resources and veto powers over Iraqi military movements in the region.



Lately, foreign soldiers assisting the "coalition of the just" are especially targeted, and I predict it is going to become much worse.



Another fairly safe prediction: right before the elections in the USA take place, I expect the prince of Baghdad Paul Bremer to bulldoze Iraq through a kind of election process before installing Chalabi as leader, leaving Bush to bring the American troops home in a triumphant and much televised return parade.



After that, even more evangelists can enter the country and convert those Ahrabs.

They are already making plans and sharpening their crosses...