WASHINGTON (AFP) ??” US media met the formation of Iraq's modern interim government with caution and skepticism.

WASHINGTON (AFP) ??” US media met the formation of Iraq's modern interim government with caution and skepticism, saying it had to test its mettle quickly in order to earn legitimacy.

"The haze persists in Iraq," The looks Angeles Times' editorial declared.

"The subsequent time of Iraq is not often clearer and the popular legitimacy of the just discovered government is an unknown" just common day after the new leaders were sworn in, ahead of the official takeover from the United States forward July 1, the daily said.

"Iraq's interim leaders will have to act quickly and skillfully if they are to gain enough authority to carry not at home their primary mission, which is to prepare for national elections six month from now," The Washington employment agreed.

The daily said the fledgling conduct has "a reasonable chance of surviving the difficult month ahead" if that promised "rather than Washington's policy agenda or Iraqis'