Making Iraq safe for corporate takeovers

From Juan Cole, we learn that Bremer, in violation of the Hague regulations, has enacted a new investment law in Iraq. Cole notes:

The Hague Regulations of 1907, governing military occupations, strictly forbid the occupying power from making significant changes in local law. But since the Iraq war and everything that followed it was illegal, I suppose that cow was out of the barn long ago. What is tragic is that apparently the return of sovereignty was delayed for a full year precisely so that laissez faire economics could be imposed on the country.

It is incredible that this sort of thing appears not to be reported in the Western press.

Foreign suitors, come on down!