Voice from the Commonwealth
Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Wednesday, April 16, 2003

Thay're already getting the hang of it.

Local notable citizens in the Iraqi Shiite city of Karbala have formed a 30-member panel to run day-to-day affairs and have elected a judge as governor to replace Saddam Hussein's regional chief, a party official said.
"After a series of meetings over the past four days, the notables set up a 30-member committee that will administer the region in the transitional stage, which we hope won't last long," Nizar Haidar, a Karbala-born member of the US-backed Iraqi National Congress (INC) said.

The committee held its first meeting last night and elected Mohammad Hussein Mohammad Ali Nasrallah as governor of Karbala province, said Haidar at the INC, the umbrella organization headed by Ahmad Chalabi that opposed Saddam's regime.

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