Posted on 08/25/2005 7:07:44 AM PDT by areafiftyone
A final version of the Iraqi constitution has been completed and is set to be approved, an Iraqi Government spokesman has said.
Political leaders had until tonight to agree a new constitution.
Parliament had already granted Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish negotiators three more days to resolve the outstanding issues.
During the negotiating process it emerged that Sunnis fear the federal structure of the new Government will give the Kurds and Shi'ites control over the country's oil revenues.
They are also concerned that federalism will lead to an autonomous Shi'ite area in southern Iraq - under Iran's influence.
A Shia and Kurdish majority in parliament means they could pass the constitution without Sunni support.
But both groups know this would lead to more violence.
Earlier in the week, leaders presented an incomplete draft to beat a deadline by just a few minutes.
It gave them three more days to resolve remaining differences.
President Bush has urged Sunni leaders to agree to the constitution, as it emerged 1,500 more US soldiers are to be sent to Iraq.
Mr Bush vowed there would be no retreat from Iraq until the mission is complete.
He said: "So long as I'm the president, we will stay, we will fight, and we will win the war on terror."
bump!
Though this is GREAT news, watch how the MSM and Cindy Sheehan spin this as another Bush folly.
This wouldnt have happened without the sacrifice of Casey Sheehan, he's a hero. His mother is another story.
Damn! Another democracy!
This can't beeeeeee It's just like VIETNAAAAAAAAAAAM!!! IT'S A QUAGMIRE!!
Well, there goes another domino..........
Good find!
Great news!
bad day for the quagmireistas
I worry that the deadline was more important than the product. I also worry that this IS another vietnam in terms of the battle that is heating up for the hearts and minds back home.
I maintain that we have the numbers but they have the megaphone. This is the combination that allowed the bolsheviks to take Russia in the Nineteen-teens.
And that is why the American people re-elected you sir, to fight and to win. God bless you sir!
Jeeze first an election and now a constitution. What are we going to do???? Should we ask Cindy from Camp Kooky? </sarcasm>
I'm watching C-SPAN but can anyone tell me if NBCCBSABCCNN have broken into their broadcast with SPECIAL BULLETINS?
How come MSNBC say vote delayed???
Congratulations to the Iraqi people.....and our troops that made it all possible!
Any of the MSM reporting this yet or are they still having heart attacks? I don't see any alerts from Fox, CNN or MSNBC.
Well, it hasn't been adopted yet, but it's a huge step nonetheless.
Ben Franklin paraphrased: "Our form of government is a Republic, if you can keep it."
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