I knew there was something rotten...

about the turnover of sovereignty. According to this analysis, of the recently touted Iraqi interim law, the regulations enacted by the US Tribune Bremer must remain in effect until a later constitutional entity (only created after country-wide elections, expected in 2005) repeals them. So, whatever Bremer has wrought, including privatization of Iraq, will remain in force until long after the US has departed. So much for democracy.