Deadlock Continues Over Choice for Interim Iraqi President

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Stephanie Ho

Iraqi, American and U.N. officials are deadlocked¹ over who should be president in the interim² 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 coalition³ administration, and Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. envoy⁴ 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 interfering⁵ 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 postponed⁶ 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 determined⁷ 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