One of several problems that delayed the formationof the new government was the rear guard action waged by the Shiite Fadila Party to hang onto the Oil Ministry, which it controlled under former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari.
At a news conference Sunday, Bremer also discussed the formationof a national "community action program, " which he said would help get local economies moving by hiring workers to clean up neighborhoods and build schools.
The clergy, in his understanding, are more akin to support staff, experts in the spiritual life who offer the sacraments and means of doctrinal and spiritual formation, but the real "action" is out in the world.