Paul Bremer should be fired and recalled home

[IndianaGreen]

The allies have tried to present Sadr as an isolated militant but the evident strength of his forces, making attacks in all the main Shia towns, shows that Paul Bremer, the US civilian leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority, has miscalculated badly in seeking or stumbling into a confrontation with him. On 28 March, Mr Bremer suddenly closed Sadr's newspaper, al-Hawza. He then arrested Mustafa Yaqubi, Sadr's lieutenant in Najaf, which in turn provoked demonstrations and attacks on police stations and government buildings in Baghdad and southern Iraq.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=509210

The current violence in Iraq was triggered by one man, and one man only, Paul Bremer. Against the advice of the normally subservient Iraqi Governing Council, Bremer decided to confront the rising popularity of al-Sadr by shutting down a Shia newspaper.

Let's not forget that Bremer's first act after replacing Jay Garner was to fire the entire 400,000 strong Iraqi army.

Bremer should be fired and recall home to face a Congressional inquiry. The only thing that Bremer has yet to do to offend Iraqis is to bring a herd of pigs to the holy city of Najaf.