US seeks alternatives for Iraqi opposition, conference focus on Iraq's provisional administration
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/2/2002

The Iraqi opposition members have intensified their attempts aiming at unifying their ranks while they will convene their postponed meeting in London on November 13 through 15 in an attempt to reach agreement on the future of Iraq after Saddam Hussein.

Today, on the other hand, the US Department of State will hold a meeting including several Iraqi figures in exile in the framework of its attempts not to have all its options tied with the traditional opposition forces, which it doubts has the ability to run Iraq after toppling the Saddam regime.

According to member of the preparatory committee, Nabil al-Musawai, the spokesman for member of the Iraqi national conference presidency Ahmad al-Jalabi "the US has taken a decision to change the regime and should we be realistic, we have to study the after Saddam phase."

The chairman of the Constitutional Royal Movement al-Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein said "we have been working to change the regime since 30 years and we, of course prefere the Iraqi people will make the change, but we have to take into account that the American will help us succeed in that." Al-Sharif added that the participants in the conference have to reach an agreement concerning a group of principles in order to convert Iraq into a democratic state, and on a provisional administration that would assume running matters from the alliance forces. He added that "we think that the authority should be transferred from the alliance forces to an Iraqi civilian authority as soon as possible."

Meantime, the US Department of State will host today and tomorrow a meeting for almost 15 Iraqis living in exile in order to discuss economic issues as part of a series of meetings aiming at preparation to change the regime in Baghdad.

On the other hand, the Higher Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq has accused members of an Iraqi military of conducting joint exercises with supporters for al-Qaida organization to carry out operations against American interests. It said that members of "Saddam Fedayeen" led by Ode, son of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein received training with Jind al-Islam ( Islam soldiers ) group in northern Iraq

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