Iraq's Draft Constitution Adopted By Voters

NBC-5 Chicago ^ | 10/25/05

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Final results indicate that Iraq's draft constitution has been adopted by Iraqis voting in the Oct. 15 referendum.

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The political process in Iraq is moving forward.

[Semper Paratus]

Keith Olberman wants a recount of the Sunni provinces!

[KateatRFM]

Fortunately Rosa Parks died today, so CNN can ignore this.

[OldFriend]

Guaranteed to be ignored by the MSM.

Let's see if our pals at FNC bother to broadcast something other than storm news and cover this as the great success it is.

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BBC has a brief note on it.

"Electoral commission officials told a news conference that overall, 78% of voters backed the charter and 21% opposed it in the vote on 15 October."

[moose2004]

More success that won't be reported, pathetic.

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More from Associated Press

Results released by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq showed that Sunni Arabs, who had sharply opposed the draft document, failed to produce the two-thirds "no" vote they would have needed in at least three of Iraq's 18 provinces to defeat it.

The commission, which had been auditing the referendum results for 10 days, said at a news conference in Baghdad that Ninevah province, had produced a "no" vote of only 55 percent. Only two other mostly Sunni Arab provinces — Salahuddin and Anbar — had voted no by two-thirds or more.

The constitution, which many Kurds and majority Shiites strongly support, is considered another major step in the country's democratic transformation, clearing the way for the election of a new Iraqi parliament on Dec. 15. Such steps are considered important in any decision about the future withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from Iraq.

[Michael81Dus]

Have they counted the votes, finally? Well, after so many recounts, the result must have been ok with Bush, right? Ok, this was an evil and unjustified attack, I know. But what´s with the rumor that the constitution was refused in three (instead of the allowed two) districts? What have the spectators said?

[Jedi Jake]

Fox News: The New Weather Channel.

[nicmarlo]

Fox and Friends did, and had Major Garrett on.....I woke up too late to listen to it all.

However, Wilma's back as "the story today" as a "noreaster."

[ajolympian2004]

More breaking news!!!

Randi Rhodes of Air America, Jesse Jackson, Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, the ACLU and company to sue Iraq over vote to ratify their draft consititution, protesting the fact that women were allowed to particpate.

[markedmannerf]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4374832.stm
Iraq constitution approved: Your views

[river rat]

Dasshole will be deeply troubled and disappointed....
Kennedy "the swimmer", will surely stutter the words "quagmire" and "Vietnam"...
Kerry will remind us he was a self made "hero" in Vietnam.
Dean will blather about the corrupt Bush Administration.
MSM will salivate over the Plame investigation..

Semper Fi

[ajolympian2004]

Had the Sunni tribes hired the democRATic party to run their campaign against the referendum they could have counted the millions of bodies buried in the mass graves as votes against the draft constitution. Where's Howard Dean when they needed him???

[Numbers Guy]

It was the voting machines!! Bush sent over those crooked Ohio voting machines!!

Oh, wait, it was the exit polls! The exit polls couldn't possibly have been off by 2 points!!!

Okay, it was the systematic disenfranchisement of minority voters in Florida!

IT'S ALL ROVE'S FAULT!!!

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[traderrob6]

In related news , John Conyers sues in the ICC for a recount citing massive terrorist disenfranchisement.

[USS Alaska]

In 2005 the media sees this as no big deal but in 2015, when the Iraqi's are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Birth of their Country, even the msm will be unable to ignore the great things that occurred and the President that was the guiding hand behind it all. God Bless our President.

[OldFriend]

Don't know which is worse, the weather or Aruba.

MSNBC seems to own the Aruba story for now. And notice that Daniel Horowitz is off the radar screen.

[OldFriend]

Continued prayers for our troops on the ground!

Bless them and their families.

[goldstategop]

78% is a landslide figure. Close to 80% of Iraq's population likes the new constitution. Now the December 15th elections will to be elect a new permanent four year parliament and install Iraq's first full government since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Its not good news for the Left and it marks a major step forward on Iraq's path to democracy.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")