Increased independence on the part of the government:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki lashed out at the United States Wednesday, saying his popularly elected government would not bend to U.S.-imposed benchmarks and timelines and criticizing a U.S. and Iraqi military operation in a Shiite slum of Baghdad that left at least five people dead and 20 wounded.
Oh, wait...
Posted by binky at October 25, 2006 03:27 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Iraq