The main Iraqi Opposition group, sidelined by US plans for a long military occupation of Iraq, has turned on its former sponsors and accused them of drafting a ‘‘recipe for disaster’’. Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Opposition Iraqi National Congress, said on Wednesday the US would appoint an unelected and toothless consultative council of Iraqis. The proposals, he said, would leave in place many existing Iraqi officials from the current era of President Saddam Hussein and fall short of the complete eradication of Baath Party members from the Iraqi elite. It would also exclude the INC and other Opposition groups from any role in government during the transitional period. Chalabi said: ‘‘The proposed US occupation and military administration of Iraq is unworkable and unwise.” “We deserve better. The US has a moral obligation to Iraqis to fight for more. Apart from the practical and ethical problems in terms of loss of Iraqi sovereignty, it is a recipe for disaster,’’ he added.
