Iraq gets "draft" constitution: can civil war be avoided ??

[welshTerrier2]

source: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-22T210011Z_01_MOL045458_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAQ-DC.XML

Iraq's majority Shi'ites and Kurdish allies pushed a draft constitution into parliament on Monday, minutes before a midnight deadline, but minority Sunnis, warning of civil war, held up a final vote amid confusion.

With the Shi'ite Islamist-led coalition talking of a "final" document being completed, the speaker of the National Assembly announced to applause the deadline had been met and a draft constitution presented. But without calling a vote he dismissed the chamber, saying there would be three more days of talks.

It remained unclear how far continuing Sunni Arab objections to regional autonomy within a federal state could be overcome and Shi'ite leaders said they were ready to press on regardless.

"If it passes, there will be an uprising in the streets," Sunni negotiator Saleh al-Mutlak said, adding that further blockage on a deal would in his view trigger elections to a new interim assembly.

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[Jacobin]

1. Sure. Free Saddam from Jail and give him the country back

He did it for 30 years.

[BlueJac]

2. I predict

From the start I said we will build a nation that will continue to fight it out over the three main regions on Iraq. The constitution with Islamic law is going to a great help.......:sarcasm: