TIMETABLE

As set by the Iraqis themselves.

I wonder if M. de Villepin will whine about this one too...

Iraq's interim authority has submitted a timetable for self-rule and asked the UN Security Council for a new resolution that would end the US-led occupation in June...

In a letter to the Security Council on Monday, Jalal Talabani, president of the Iraqi Governing Council, promised to establish the "principle of civilian control over the Iraqi armed and security forces."

The US-appointed council said it would select a "provisional legislative body" no later than May 31 next year, which would elect a provisional government by the end of June.

Then "the Coalition Provisional Authority will be dissolved and the occupation ... will end," Talabani's letter said.