U.S. Edicts Curb Power Of Iraq's Leadership (washingtonpost.com): "Some of the orders signed by Bremer, which will remain in effect unless overturned by Iraq's interim government, restrict the power of the interim government and impose U.S.-crafted rules for the country's democratic transition. Among the most controversial orders is the enactment of an elections law that gives a seven-member commission the power to disqualify political parties and any of the candidates they support.
... 'They have established a system to meddle in our affairs,' said Mahmoud Othman, a member of the Governing Council, a recently dissolved body that advised Bremer for the past year. 'Iraqis should decide many of these issues.' "
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