Posted on 08/22/2005 11:13:09 AM PDT by Charlesj
Iraq draft says laws must conform to Islam -text
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A draft constitution for Iraq to be presented to parliament on Monday will make Islam "a main source" for legislation and ban laws that contradict religious teachings, members of the parliamentary drafting panel said.
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(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
If the "human rights" clause holds, they also can't pass laws that do not allow women to drive, vote, etc .
Somebody's gonna get hurt, with your knee jerking like that...
Let's see what gets released in the next hour or so before declaring all is lost.
"I've come to the conclusion that all of them have lead poisoning of some sort"
Or they need it, if you get my drift.
My remark was not meant as sarcasm. Who else could have done as good a job. Certainly not Clinton.
I'm not. That's one reason why I opposed this invasion -- and sending American troops to die in Iraq -- from the beginning. The country was a 4th rate military power, didn't have WMDs, wasn't being 9-11, and couldn't be "changed" into a democracy. A lot of blood spilled in behalf of utopian fantasies by policy gurus who almost uniformly don't have any kids or kin in the military.
its too early to tell what this means. if we start seeing women losing rights, and mullahs and clerics holding government positions of power - then we will know its gone badly.
Who else could have done as good of a job?? It just depends on what you call an acceptable outcome. I think there are several freepers here who I would have let make the decisions.
Hey I defended the war and defended Bush for ever....The Iraqy people have chosen what they want and it ain't us.We did what we could for them...Its time to come home.
You guys are a bunch of dopes.
What did you expect? ... Did you think the Iraqi constitution was going to be based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. It's an Islamic country. They are a very religious society, and they are not going to start hang pictures of George Washington and the ten commandment on their court houses.
Yep... if the army wasn't a volunteer army you'd have a lot of people here questioning this deal too.
Suppose the Germans decided to institute a government basedon Mein Kampf after we won WW2.
Would we let them?
WE should be dictating the conditions and wording of their Constitution.
This is digusting.
Our troops fighting in the name of Islam. Very ironic and sad.
"This is Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld..."
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The WH told us we were going to plant freedom, a democracy... and one that would help end terrorism. That's what I expect them to do (even though I know it's a pipe dream)
This is digusting.
That's the bottom line...
"Our troops fighting in the name of Islam. Very ironic and sad."
Not me or my son!!!
don't think for a minute that there aren't forces amongst the Shia, the country's majority, that want to have exactly the Iranian model. there are. the key is whether other forces in the country can stop that, and what leverage the US has over there. our leverage is limited. if US public support for the war was 65%, Bush could tell this interim government to take a hike and we could start over. we can't do that.
Misleading headline.
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