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Stephanie Ho
Iraqi, American and U.N. officials are deadlocked over who should be president in the interim Iraqi government that will take over the country June 30. Meanwhile, continuing violence claims more lives in Iraq, as President Bush honors American war dead.
The latest political stand-off in Iraq involves the Iraqi Governing Council on one side. U.S. and U.N. officials are on the other side.
Paul Bremer, head of the U.S.-led coalition administration, and Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. envoy to Iraq, are said to favor Adnan Pachachi, who supports keeping foreign troops in Iraq until the security situation improves.
The council's choice is Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar, who has been more critical of the U.S.-led occupation.
A Kurdish member of the Governing Council, Mahmoud Othman, accused the United States and the United Nations of interfering in the process of choosing Iraqi leaders. "Nobody has the right to make a government for Iraq, neither America nor Brahimi. We know how to make our own government," he said.
A meeting set for Monday to determine Iraq's president was postponed without explanation. Coalition spokesman Dan Senor rejected suggestions that the U.S.-led administration is trying to tell the Iraqi council what to do.
"We are certainly not in the position to control their schedule, and determined when they meet and when they don't meet. So, Ambassador Bremer didn't call their meetings. Ambassador Bremer doesn't cancel their meetings," he said.
注释：
deadlocked [5dedlCkt] adj. 陷入僵局的
take over 接管
stand-off 立场分歧
envoy [5envCi] n. 外交使节，特使
ghazi [5^B:zi:] n. 立誓与异教徒战斗的伊斯兰教徒战士
Kurdish [kuEdiF] adj. 库尔德人的
interfering [7intE5fiEriN] vbl. 妨碍
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