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"The Iraqi administration and all government offices are suffering the consequences of Paul Bremer's mistakes," he said.
Following the 2003 war on Iraq, Bremer served as the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority and exercised power over the civil administration.
He is widely criticized over the insurgency in Iraq that has partly resulted from his reportedly unilateral decision to formally dissolve the Iraqi army in May 2003.
The comments by al-Maliki came after Time magazine reported that Bremer had embezzled $9 billion of the oil-rich country's reconstruction budget.

But no one seems to notice the larger story. We were all cajoled into believing that Iraq had WMD, was tied to Al-Qaeda, and posed an imminent threat. That was the only reason that so many supported the initial invasion. Although all three statements have been proven false, that is still the rationale of those who promote a continued presence in the region. High gas prices were not caused by a senator from Illinois, but no one wants to talk about the real reasons we have them. And, as for Maliki, the CPA has been gone for some time now. Maybe if the Iraqi government hadn't chosen a path of extreme segregation against the Sunnis, and tied their hip to Iran, things would be better.