At http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq
I found a story that includes the following: <quote> The Bush administration is proposing elections in Iraq (news - web sites) in the first half of next year and the formation of a government before a constitution is written, as it seeks to speed up the shift of power the Iraqis......The revised approach is a change in course for the Bush administration, which originally insisted on a long period of transition that involved the completion of a constitution before elections were held. <unquote> Combining this with the proposed decrease in US troops, it seems that the administration is targeting leaving and declaring sucess some time in the fall of 2004. Earlier stories indicated the the ruling council was purposfully dragging their feet on the constitution so that the US would have to give them more power before any constitution. Another story that fits this pattern is the cutting of the training time for Iraq security down to two weeks (I think it was 6-8 weeks at first). Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
