Constitution Failure Deals Blow to Iraqis

Donald — 3/6/2004 2:03:47 PM (archived)

Constitution Failure Deals Blow to Iraqis

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By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - It was supposed to provide a ray of hope to a wounded nation, but instead it caused it more pain. On Friday, Iraqi leaders were to sign an interim constitution they have said was so liberal it had no equal in the Arab world and maybe beyond. It redressed the ills of decades of dictatorship, restored the rights of every component in Iraq's tribal, ethnic and religious mosaic and laid down principles of democracy and human rights.

But the 25 members of the Governing Council, Iraq's U.S.-appointed interim leadership, never showed up for the elaborate signing ceremony. Instead, they were bogged down in intensive talks after last-minute disagreements surfaced.

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Constitution Failure Deals Blow to Iraqis - Donald - 3/6/2004 2:03:47 PM
- Actually if it were not contentious it would be very worrisome - ebnelson - 3/7/2004 4:02:07 AM
- Standard bargaining tactic - Gary - 3/7/2004 1:21:08 AM
  - re: This why the US can't win the war in Iraq - Raoul - 3/7/2004 10:32:52 AM
    - We've already won. The task now is to disengage. - Gary - 3/7/2004 5:51:34 PM
      - If you define "won" as "eliminated indigenous civil authority", then yes, we won. - Mary Anne - 3/7/2004 7:37:18 PM
        
        re: If you define "won" as "eliminated indigenous civil authority", then yes, we won. - gbaikie - 3/8/2004 2:28:41 AM
- I expect a compromise will be hammered out in the next few days... - Buck Galaxy - 3/6/2004 8:51:10 PM
- re: Constitutions - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2004 7:01:47 PM
- Civil war. - Bowser - 3/6/2004 5:26:52 PM
  - re: Civil war. - gbaikie - 3/7/2004 1:49:00 PM
    - Hey, you DO have a sense of humor!! - Bowser - 3/7/2004 3:53:35 PM
  - "...anything they all sign will be so vague as to create the conditions for a civil war later." - Tom Brosz - 3/6/2004 7:04:20 PM

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