Editing Iraqi Interim Government (section)

==="Precedents" and accusations===
In early July 2004, Allawi issued an unprecedented statement claiming that the Iraqi interim government had provided intelligence for the U.S. air strikers with 500 and 1000 pound (220 and 450&nbsp;kg) bombs on Fallujah in July.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} Later he announced new security measures, including the right to impose [[martial law]] and [[curfew]]s, as well as a new [[counter-terrorist]] intelligence unit, the [[General Security Directorate (Iraq)|General Security Directorate]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694556435.html|title=Allawi sets up spy agency|last=Yates|first=Dean|date=17 July 2004|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> Allawi vowed to crush the Iraqi insurgency, saying he would "annihilate those terrorist groups".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3896853.stm|title=Iraqi PM vows to crush insurgents|date=15 July 2004|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref>

On July 17, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' alleged that one week before the handover of sovereignty, Allawi himself summarily executed six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694568757.html?oneclick=true|title=Allawi shot prisoners in cold blood: witnesses|last=McGeough|first=Paul |date=17 July 2004|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> The allegations are backed up by two independent sources<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2004/s1155990.htm|title=Iraqs interim PM executed six insurgents: witnesses|last=McKew|first=Maxine|publisher=[[ABC Online]]|date=16 July 2004|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> and the execution is said to have taken place in presence of about a dozen Iraqi police, four American security men and Interior Minister [[Falah al-Naqib]]. Allawi reportedly said that the execution was to "send a clear message to the police on how to deal with insurgents." Both Allawi's office and Naqib have denied the report. US ambassador [[John Negroponte]] did not clearly deny the allegations. On July 18, Iraqi militants offered a $285,000 reward for anyone who could kill Iyad Allawi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3904151.stm|title=Fourteen killed in Falluja strike|date=18 July 2004|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref>