US governor vows power transfer will go ahead

The US governor of Iraq said today that the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis must go ahead as scheduled despite the killing of the head of the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council in a suicide bombing.

“The terrorists are trying to stop Iraq’s march to sovereignty and peace,” Paul Bremer said at a memorial service for Izzadine Saleem, who was killed yesterday as his car waited at a checkpoint near coalition headquarters.