] BAGHDAD - Former foreign minister Adnan Pachachi, tipped
] for a key role in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, insisted
] Wednesday he will only take part in an interim government
] if he is elected.
]
] Pachachi, who returned to Iraq on Tuesday after 33 years
] in exile, turned down a seat on a US-sanctioned
] leadership council of opposition leaders that is taking a
] lead role in forming the new government.
]
] "What is important now is not the leadership council but
] the interim government which has to be elected and not
] nominated by someone else," the octogenarian told a
] packed Baghdad press conference.

I agree with Salam Pax -- I'm liking Pachachi. :)