Top Iraqi Official Wants Islam-Based Law Tuesday February 10, 2004 3:01 PM By JIM KRANE Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's current top official has demanded that Islam be the principal basis for Iraq's laws, a move that breaches a previous agreement among the framers of the interim constitution and creates the possibility that Islamic law could rule the land. If approved, the proposal could have broad effects on secular Iraq, taking away rights of women in divorce and inheritance cases, shuttering liquor stores and banning gambling, legal advisers here say. Elements also run counter to President Bush's...