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06-01-2004, 12:14 PM
Separate blasts kill 14, including 3 near Baghdad's 'Green Zone'
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council dissolved itself Tuesday after the announcement of an interim president and other new government positions, said Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser.
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.main/story.ceremony.jpg
Members of the new Iraqi interim
government are introduced at a ceremony
Tuesday in Baghdad.
The council's role was advisory to the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which will retain sovereignty until June 30.
U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced Tuesday that Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar had been appointed interim president, a largely ceremonial role.
Prime Minister-designate Iyad Allawi named members of the new Cabinet. [Full Story] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.gov/index.html)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, "I think this is a new beginning. It is not an end. There's lots of hard work ahead."
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Iraqis "will now see that their destiny is in the hands of their own leaders."
But violence continued Tuesday in Iraq even as the new interim government was named. A car bomb outside a military base near Baji, 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killed 11 Iraqis and wounded 26 others Tuesday morning.
Two American soldiers were among the wounded, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Two hours later, a second car bomb exploded outside an entrance to the U.S.-led coalition headquarters compound in Baghdad.
The U.S. military said three Iraqis were killed and 20 wounded near the area known as the "Green Zone." [Map] (http://i.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/maps/world/map.baghdad.green.zone/popup.green.zone.iraq2.gif)
The blast happened near the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, although it was not clear whether it was a target.
On Monday, a car bomb outside the Green Zone killed four Iraqis and wounded 25 others, a U.S. military spokesman said.
The announcement of government positions came Tuesday morning after a series of confusing developments that began with U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer and U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi telling al-Yawar their choice for president was Adnan Pachachi, also a council member.
But Pachachi said that he would not accept the position.
The council then voted for al-Yawar.
Brahimi later issued a statement announcing that al-Yawar was selected but noting the job was first offered to Pachachi.
At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Pachachi said he declined the appointment "for good and special reasons."
Pachachi, a former foreign minister, and al-Yawar, a civil engineer who fled Iraq in the early 1990s, are both Sunni Muslims.
Brahimi's statement also included his choices for two deputy presidential positions -- Ibrahim Jafari al-Eshaiker, a *****e Muslim, and Dr. Rowsch Shaways, a Kurd.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council dissolved itself Tuesday after the announcement of an interim president and other new government positions, said Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser.
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.main/story.ceremony.jpg
Members of the new Iraqi interim
government are introduced at a ceremony
Tuesday in Baghdad.
The council's role was advisory to the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which will retain sovereignty until June 30.
U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced Tuesday that Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar had been appointed interim president, a largely ceremonial role.
Prime Minister-designate Iyad Allawi named members of the new Cabinet. [Full Story] (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/iraq.gov/index.html)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, "I think this is a new beginning. It is not an end. There's lots of hard work ahead."
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Iraqis "will now see that their destiny is in the hands of their own leaders."
But violence continued Tuesday in Iraq even as the new interim government was named. A car bomb outside a military base near Baji, 125 miles (200 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killed 11 Iraqis and wounded 26 others Tuesday morning.
Two American soldiers were among the wounded, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Two hours later, a second car bomb exploded outside an entrance to the U.S.-led coalition headquarters compound in Baghdad.
The U.S. military said three Iraqis were killed and 20 wounded near the area known as the "Green Zone." [Map] (http://i.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/maps/world/map.baghdad.green.zone/popup.green.zone.iraq2.gif)
The blast happened near the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, although it was not clear whether it was a target.
On Monday, a car bomb outside the Green Zone killed four Iraqis and wounded 25 others, a U.S. military spokesman said.
The announcement of government positions came Tuesday morning after a series of confusing developments that began with U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer and U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi telling al-Yawar their choice for president was Adnan Pachachi, also a council member.
But Pachachi said that he would not accept the position.
The council then voted for al-Yawar.
Brahimi later issued a statement announcing that al-Yawar was selected but noting the job was first offered to Pachachi.
At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Pachachi said he declined the appointment "for good and special reasons."
Pachachi, a former foreign minister, and al-Yawar, a civil engineer who fled Iraq in the early 1990s, are both Sunni Muslims.
Brahimi's statement also included his choices for two deputy presidential positions -- Ibrahim Jafari al-Eshaiker, a *****e Muslim, and Dr. Rowsch Shaways, a Kurd.