Restoration
'Let Freedom Reign'
by Darris McNeely
On June 28 at 10:26 a.m. local time in Baghdad, American proconsul Paul Bremer turned control of Iraq over to a new Iraqi government headed for now by Iyad Allawi. News was flashed to U.S. President George W. Bush who was attending a NATO summit in Istanbul, Turkey. With a grin, a glance at his watch and a scrawl of words, "Let Freedom Reign," the American leader leaned over to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to inform him of the historic handover, done two days ahead of the announced schedule.
And so Iraq gets a new birth of freedom and the world waits and holds its breath. Fifteen months after Coalition troops invaded and ousted the murderous dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein, a new interim government takes over with the hope of steering the country on a path to take its rightful place among the nations.
It will not be an easy job. The week before the handover was the bloodiest period since the occupation. Hundreds of Iraqis died in bombings perpetrated by terrorists intent on undermining any government connected with the United States. Iraq is a failed state composed of a matrix of peoples who fear one another. The next 60 to 90 days will be crucial.
Mr. Allawi has a large task. He once headed an unsuccessful coup against the Hussein regime, and since the Americans support him, he has two strikes against him in the eyes of many Iraqis. Supporters of the former Baathist government still hold out hope that they may find a way to return to power as they did in 1968 after five years of exile. To them this is just another setback in a long history of regional power plays. It is the one left standing who wins the fight.
America's will to remain in the region and guarantee the security of this new government will now be put to the test. American leaders have said they will remain as long as needed. There is little doubt American troops are needed to support the interim government.
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Iraq:
- _End-Time Scenario Not Possible Until Now
- _A Gathering Storm
- _World News Review September/October 1999
- _What Lies Ahead for U.S. Leasership?
- _World News Review Feb 2002
- _Book Review: Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher
- _Still Not Fully Realized -- The West Is Fighting for Its Survival
- _When Is Enough...Enough?
- _Restoration: Will One Good Man Stand Up?
- _A Week to Remember
- _What Will Be in 2003?
- _A Moment of Decision
- _Toppling the Image of Evil
- _Middle East Amnesty Produces Chaos
- _Restoration: Will We Heed the Warning?
- _Democracy Is More Than a Word
- _World News Review May 2004
- _Restoration...'We Proceeded On'
- _The Cost of Immorality in the War on Terror
- _A Growing Confederacy Against Modern Israel
- _Pride of America's Power: Approaching the Breaking Point?
- _Will Iraq Be America's Suez?
- _World News Review January 2007
- _Anger Mounts Following 1991 Gulf War
- _Behind the Headlines ... America vs. Iraq or America vs. the World?
- _Letters From Our Readers - Nov/Dec 2002
- _From the Editor - Good News Magazine Mar/Apr 2003
- _After Iraq, What Next?
- _Iraq and the Middle East: A Century of Turmoil Continues
- _Iraq's Liberation: A Foretaste for the Entire World
- _Will Democracy Work in the Middle East?
- _Terror Attacks Planned From Iraq?
- _Major International Challenges Confront President Bush's Second Term
- _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 2006
- _Will America Run Away From Iraq?
- _World News and Trends - September/October 2006
- _World News and Trends - November/December 2006
- _A Gathering Storm
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