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"Please,
may I have another," says Iraqi PM
Only 387 people died this week in Baghdad as
that city remains under the watchful eye of occupation forces.
The most deaths occured during an airstrike on the Sadr City
district.
Hours later, under pressure to please taskmasters
in Washington, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki mimicked comedian
Borat, "We welcome your continued intervention in help
make the glorious Republic of Iraq," he told reporters.
In Washington, where President George W. Bush
has said he is open to "any ideas" for fixing problems
in Iraq, his Democratic opponents who took control of Congress
last week said they would push to start bringing U.S. troops
home in four to six months, but only if Iraqis say "Pretty
please, with a cherry on top," according to speaker-elect
Nancy Pelosi.
The Prime Minister announced that he would do
some "whupin' of the Cabinet". Maliki, a Shi'ite
Islamist, has been under pressure from U.S. officials to show
progress in curbing violence that many say risks pitching
Iraq into all-out civil war -- though the United States has
not spelled out the options if he fails.
"The prime minister called for a comprehensive
ministerial reshuffle in accordance with the current situation,"
Maliki's office said in a statement after parliament's closed
session. He announced that the following new appointments
to various Iraq ministries: Defense - Donald Rumsfeld, former
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, Reconstruction
- Duey Cheetum, and for Interior Ministry - "those guys
from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". Just Kidding
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ARMY STRONG?
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