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...Rumsfeld's concern: The Shiite alliance that won the election has openly proclaimed its intention to conduct a wholesale purge of the new Iraqi security and intelligence services of many of the former Baathists quietly reinstated by the U.S. and the government of former prime minister Iyad Allawi last year to help fight the insurgency. The new government also wants to take control of those ministries, which could mean that some of the U.S.-appointed technocrats and commanders in various security structures will lose their jobs - a prospect Rumsfeld has been increasingly anxious about. Three weeks ago, he warned...
...sending Donald Rumsfeld to read Iraq's new government the riot act over plans to purge former Baathists from its security services, the Bush administration clearly intended to sound a warning to the democratically elected government of Iraq. The Defense Secretary's message to Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari was simple: Don't touch the security forces, and the ministries that oversee them...
...security forces directly, but also relies on the fact that the relevant government ministries governing the new Iraqi forces are currently controlled by its allies. It's not clear what might change if elements less friendly to the U.S. take charge of those ministries, and that's precisely what Rumsfeld hopes to avoid...
...Rumsfeld has said that the U.S. would remain in Iraq until the insurgency is defeated, although a number of U.S. officers on the ground have previously indicated that the insurgency is likely to persist as long as U.S. forces remain in Iraq. But the new government may have its own ideas over how to deal with the problem. President Jalal Talabani last week proposed that an amnesty be offered to all insurgents except those who have targeted Iraqi civilians in terror attacks, leaving open the possibility that insurgents who had killed American troops could face no consequences. And government leaders...
...critics wonder why the charter wasn't written long ago-- Cambone took the job in March 2003--and say the Pentagon appears to be circling its wagons to ensure that it doesn't lose any power. Says the senior intelligence official: "I don't know how much this is Rumsfeld wanting one dog to kick within the Pentagon or Rumsfeld wanting to undercut...