Taken Individually: The Post on the Cabinet

Here's the Post's article on the formation of the Iraqi cabinet.

This is of possible concern:

In addition, the Sunni negotiating team has asked Jafari for written assurances on four issues before he releases the names of the seven Sunni Arabs slated to join the new government, according to Mutlak.

The Sunni demands, Mutlak said, are that the new government halt the removal of former Baath Party members from government jobs, bring Sunni officers back to the army, move quickly to repair war-wracked cities such as Fallujah and release detainees, including those held by U.S. forces.

The devil, no doubt, will be in the details. We have a soverign government to deal with here, but if some choices may implicate efficiency in fighting the war, they'll have to lead to negotiations with the American side.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, this is the kind of news you wish wasn't stuck into the last two paragraphs of a story on another topic, but apparently the Iraqis are so tired of being bombed that suicide bombing police recruits now has the affect of increasing the number of recruits:

In another development, the U.S. military reported that a recent double suicide bombing against police recruits in Tikrit did not deter prospective police officers.

The bombers, who killed at least six police trainees, struck as 300 recruits were gathering Sunday for a trip to a training academy in Jordan. Because of the attack, their departure was postponed for two days. When the recruits showed up the second time, a military source said, their numbers had grown to 317.