Bushco begs to differ...

...but apparently Tony Blair didn't get the memo. The Guardian offers this from the Prime Minister.

"Let me make it 100% clear, after June 30 there will be the full transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi government.

"If there is a political decision as to whether you go into a place like Falluja in a particular way, that has to be done with the consent of the Iraqi government and the final political control remains with the Iraqi government."

But in Washington, the pathetic hack demurs on behalf of his boss.

"If it comes down to the United States' armed forces protecting themselves or in some way accomplishing their mission in a way that might not be in total consonance with what the Iraqi interim government might want to do at a particular moment in time, U.S. forces remain under U.S. command..." Powell told reporters.

"...in some way accomplishing their mission..."

But I thought their mission was Iraqi sovereignty...