Oh, now I feel better.

The Iraqis are customizing Way New™ brand sovereignty by Bushco®, adding the National Safety Law option.

"The lives of the Iraqi people are in danger, they are in danger from evil forces, from gangs of terrorists," said Human Rights Minister Bakhityar Amin, who compared the new law to the U.S. Patriot Act.

Let's see, among other things, the new law gives Allawi

The right to impose curfews

The right to conduct search operations

The right to detain individuals with weapons (roughly the entire adult population)

The right to assign governors in specific areas (including military overseers)

The right to freeze the assets of 'suspects'

The right to monitor communications of 'suspects'

So, has anyone ever seen Allawi and Ashcroft in the same place?

Justice Minister Malek al-Hassan told a news conference that "We are aware that it could curb some freedoms."

Ummm, I thought the other guys were the enemies of freedom...