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On 28 June 2004, Iraq was declared sovereign. The coalition did not, however, turn over functional sovereignty to Iraqis on the very matters that Arabs, conscious of a legacy of colonialism, consider to be essential to sovereignty: borders, internal security, internal political order and legal system, and economic policies. This was a wise decision. Still, "sovereignty" and "independence" have quite freighted connotations in Arab political parlance. As long as the coalition continues, in the words of Secretary of State Colin Powell, to "borrow" Iraq's sovereignty, the "true" colonialist intent of the U.S. "occupation" will appear proven to Arabs in and out of Iraq.[1]

http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2004/...lmoniAug04.asp

courtesy of BBDentman@IIF