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...over all matters of state and the maintenance of security within the borders of a given nation state. If sovereignty is indeed to be transferred on June 30, then any U.S. or other foreign military formations in the country will have to submit to the political will of the sovereign Iraqi government...
...thousands of his supporters in the square in front of the presidential office in Taipei. During his re-election campaign, Chen had repeatedly stressed Taiwan's separateness from China. While that stance helped him win votes among many people in Taiwan who increasingly see their island as a sovereign entity, it infuriated Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a renegade province that must be returned to the motherland, even by force, and vexed the U.S., which is trying to keep the peace between the two. Now, however, Chen was dispensing with the provocation and adopting a conciliatory tone. Though he still...
...senior coalition official told TIME that the insurgents are showing more coordination and sophistication than they did just a few months ago. And U.S. commanders fear that the insurgents have set their sights on Baghdad, in hopes of sabotaging the June 30 transfer of power. "You can't be sovereign if you can't control your own capital," says a senior military source. "That's where the action is going to be as we get closer to June...
...liberators. Why shouldn't there be resistance? Remember: neither the international community nor the U.N. approved the occupation, the belief that Saddam threatened the world with weapons of mass destruction was false, and the horrible events of 9/11 had nothing to do with Iraq. Having decided to invade a sovereign country, the Bush Administration finds it cannot walk away. This adventure had disaster written all over it from the start. Derrick Elliston London...
...Iraq, since the U.S. will be seeking a new UN Security Council resolution authorizing the changes, which may be necessary to stop a number of the Coalition countries from withdrawing their troops in the summer, let alone attracting any new ones. Member states are likely to push for greater sovereign power and a greater role for the UN in driving the process - and UN officials such as Brahimi report not to Washington, but to the Security Council...