NO, NOT THAT PEOPLES’ CHOICE!

British-educated surgeon is new Iraqi prime minister (Luke Harding, Michael Howard and Julian Borger, The Guardian, May 29, 2004)

A British-educated neurosurgeon who spent 30 years in exile in Britain, and who has close links with both the CIA and MI6, was named as Iraq's new interim prime minister last night.

Ayad Allawi, 58, the head of the Iraqi National Accord (INA), emerged as Iraq's surprise new leader after weeks of speculation and intrigue.

Earlier this year the INA said it had provided "in good faith" the raw intelligence from a single source that was used to support the claim that Saddam Hussein was able to deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes of the order.

The INA said later it had presumed that MI6 would verify the claim. [...]

Other observers were also enthusiastic. Laith Kubba, a veteran Iraqi liberal who is now at the US-based National Endowment for Democracy, said Dr Allawi would be a unifying choice. "He has reached out to Sunni and Shia as well as Kurds."

However, Dr Allawi's close links to US and British intelligence agencies will not make him a popular choice for many ordinary Iraqis. [...]

The Iraqi resistance is likely to dismiss Dr Allawi as an American stooge and try to kill him.

So, Ba'athists and terrorists are now the "Iraqi resistance". It isn't very hard to figure out what the Left's worst nightmare is.