Powell calls Iraq idea by France 'unrealistic'

Saturday, September 13, 2003

GENEVA -- Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday rejected as "totally unrealistic" a French timetable for the full transfer of authority in Iraq to local control, starting with the establishment of a provisional government next month.

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