So, how's that working for you?

Now that New Iraq® has had a day to adjust the seats and mirrors, review the manual and take a test drive, how's that Way New™ sovereignty working out?

Well, not so good, it seems, if you're an American Marine who thought the insurgents might lighten up...

A roadside bomb rocked a military convoy in southeast Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three U.S. Marines and wounding two others in the first fatal attack on American forcessince they transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government.

or a hostage who thought your captors might be impressed...

Meanwhile, Iraqi militants shot dead an American soldier they had held hostage for three months, saying the killing was because of U.S. policy in the Mideast nation, Al-Jazeera television said Tuesday.

or an Iraqi cop who thought your new status would rate new respect...

Early Tuesday, gunmen attacked a police station in Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, killing one officer and one civilian, said policeman Satar al-Ghareri. Some eyewitnesses said the gunmen recited Quranic verses before peppering the police station withbullets and rocket-propelled grenade-fire.

Also Tuesday, a roadside bomb exploded as a senior Kurdish police official was heading to work, killing one of this guards and wounding him, police said.

or an Iraqi prisoner who thought aquittal would mean release or an Iraqi judge who thought your orders could be enforced...

Iyad Akmush Kanum, 23, learnt the limits of sovereignty on Monday when US prosecutors refused to uphold an Iraqi judges' order acquitting him of attempted murder of coalition troops.

US prosecutors said that he was being returned to the controversial Abu Ghraib prison because under the Geneva Conventions they were not bound by Iraqi law.

or an American President who thought it might spruce up your "War Prez" image.

By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say the handover of political sovereignty to Iraqis now is not a sign of success but a sign of failure, because the country's stability remains in question, according to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll.

Watch your mailbox for the recall notice...