New positions established as Iraq handover nears

With fewer than 100 days until power is handed over to Iraqis, the country’s US administrator today established several Western-style institutions that are expected to put a moderating influence on the fledgling government that takes over June 30.

In a sign that security could remain a problem long after June 30, guerrillas in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, ambushed an American patrol, and three civilians were killed and two soldiers were wounded.