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In order to defeat possible insurgent planning and under pressure from the Bush White House which wanted the occupation to end by the 2004 presidential election, the CPA transferred power to the newly appointed [[Iraqi Interim Government]] at 10:26 AM local time on 28 June 2004. The transfer of power was originally scheduled for 30 June 2004, but because of a concern that the transfer would lead to insurgent attacks the ceremony was held, unannounced, two days ahead of schedule. The transfer took place behind closed doors with little fanfare. With the CPA disbanded, Bremer left Iraq that same day. | In order to defeat possible insurgent planning and under pressure from the Bush White House which wanted the occupation to end by the 2004 presidential election, the CPA transferred power to the newly appointed [[Iraqi Interim Government]] at 10:26 AM local time on 28 June 2004. The transfer of power was originally scheduled for 30 June 2004, but because of a concern that the transfer would lead to insurgent attacks the ceremony was held, unannounced, two days ahead of schedule. The transfer took place behind closed doors with little fanfare. With the CPA disbanded, Bremer left Iraq that same day. | ||
The United States hoped that Iraq could be reconstructed and [[democratization|democratized]] in much the same way as [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] were after the [[World War II|Second World War]], using them as "examples or even models of successful military occupations."<ref name="historyandpolicy">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-10.html|title=Don't expect democracy this time: Japan and Iraq|last=Dower|first=John|date=April 2003|publisher=History & Policy|access-date=9 December 2010|location= | The United States hoped that Iraq could be reconstructed and [[democratization|democratized]] in much the same way as [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] were after the [[World War II|Second World War]], using them as "examples or even models of successful military occupations."<ref name="historyandpolicy">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-10.html|title=Don't expect democracy this time: Japan and Iraq|last=Dower|first=John|date=April 2003|publisher=History & Policy|access-date=9 December 2010|location=United Kingdom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414124149/http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-10.html|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==Structure of the CPA== | ==Structure of the CPA== | ||