-----Taking Book on the Date Allawi Will be Deposed--Place Yer Bets

[Jacobin]

CIA-Linked Former Exile Picked as Iraqi Premier

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iyad Allawi, a former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath party who worked with the CIA to topple him, was chosen as prime minister of Iraq Friday.

Charged with taking over from U.S.-led occupation authorities on June 30 and leading his country to its first free elections next year, Allawi's nomination emerged by consensus at a meeting of the 25 U.S. appointees on Iraq's Governing Council.

The United Nations, called in by Washington to help shape the new interim government, was caught off guard when the Governing Council announced Allawi had been chosen, but said it respected the decision.

"It's not how we expected it to happen," chief U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said in New York :crazy:


Rules:

1. Pick Date and Time (Greenwich Mean) that Iyad Allawi will be deposed or otherwise rendered physically unable to fulfill his job as Head CIA Puppet of Iraq.

2. The Date must be sometime after June 30. If he withdraws or is otherwise unable to serve prior to June 30, the bet is off.

3. Only one bet per poster.

4. In case of a tie, the prize will be split.

5. Void where prohibited by law. Must be 12 years of age or older to play.

6. Winner gets a new DU bumper sticker.

7. AgentMike may not bet.


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