Yahoo! News - Bremer Sees Iraq Polls at Least One Year Away
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. administrator in Iraq has said it will not be possible to hold elections for a year to 15 months, putting him at odds with the country's most powerful religious leader who has insisted any delay must be brief.

"These technical problems will take time to fix -- we estimate somewhere between a year to 15 months...There are real important technical problems why elections are not possible," Bremer said in excerpts of the interview broadcast on Saturday.

"Iraq has no election law, it has no national commission to even establish a national law governing political parties, it has no voters' lists, it has not had a credible, reliable census for almost 20 years," he said. "There are no constituent boundaries to decide where elections would take place."

Translation- "We need time to set this up so it comes out in favor of American interests."

Get ready for more dead American soldiers. Ready for that draft yet?