CNN Grants Diplomatic Recognition to Puppet Government

[OrdinaryTa]

I have to laugh at the headline on CNN's web page: Iraq outlaws Saddam days. The text follows:

Iraq's new governing council met for the first time Sunday, and its first acts were to cancel all holidays "linked to the old dictatorial regime" and make April 9, the date of Saddam Hussein's fall, as a new national holiday. The U.N. special representative to Iraq hailed the meeting as "one of the defining moments in history."

This isn't a government, it's an assembly hand-picked by the United States. The members were selected for compatibility with American goals. The best that can be said is that the group is an "Iraqi council". But who does it represent? Certainly not Iraq.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/07/13/sprj.irq.main/index.html