Puppets Grab Their Strings

Well, another big surprise for the self-deluded neo-cons whose ideological fantasies just refuse to appear on cue. The USA gave the puppets on the IGC power (of sorts) and now they want to keep it. Worse yet, they want more and more power, and they are manouvering very cleverly to get it:

"Last night senior Iraqi politicians admitted that despite [UN envoy] Mr Brahimi's promise to bring in 'non-political' faces and technocrats, the new Iraqi government looked suspiciously like the old one."