By a unanimous vote, the United Nations Security Council OK’d a new Iraq resolution that recognizes the new unelected interim government of Iraq while allowing the US to maintain its force of 138,000 troops in the country. The U.S. will maintain control over its forces but agreed to confer with the Iraqi governing body over sensitive offensive operations. While President Bush hailed the UN resolution as a “great victory for the Iraqi people”, some fear it could break the country apart. Kurdish political leaders are now threatening to pull out of the government because the UN resolution abandons a provision of the interim Iraqi constitution that gave the Kurds veto power over new laws.