Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari [CBS news profile] has asked the UN Security Council [official website] to renew resolution 1483 [UN summary], which mandated that a US-led multinational force remain in Iraq. Citing the latest wave of violence, and the limited number of trained Iraqi security forces, Zebari has asked that the resolution be extended until the political transition is completed, or until Iraq can provide for its security needs on its own. The council is expected to meet next week. AP has more.
Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, was the person meeting with Ahmad Chalabi’s nephew, Defence Minister Ali Allawi, at the time Chalabi’s home was raided by Coalition troops, who confiscated “10 computers and lots of files.” What ever became of that investigation?
Since Kurdish plans “to create a Kurdish super-province of Kurdistan” have led to “rapidly advancing plans to unite three of Iraq’s southern provinces (Basra, Dhiqar and Maysan) into one super-province with a distinctly Shiite cast,” all of which portend the collapse of whatever govt. there is in Iraq, I think it’s overly generous of the Jurist to title the entry, “Iraq asks Security Council to extend mandate for multinational force.”
Last link via Flagrancy to Reason, where I learned that Stan Goff has a blog.