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W E D N E S D A Y , A U G U S T 2 4 , 2 0 0 5WaPo: Iraqi Constitution Looking Bleakby Michael in New York on
8/24/2005 03:35:00 PMEven the tub-thumping, we love war, one-time freedom marchsponsoring Washington Post admits that the news on theconstitution is grim coming out of Iraq. The proposedconstitution could cut back on rights for women, give Islam toomuch power and worst of all push the Sunnis into a desperatecorner.In short, what some Shiite and Kurd leaders are callingfederalism looks dangerously like a recipe for partition orcivil war. Perhaps the intractable insurgency has convincedthese Iraqis that they must amputate and starve the Sunniheartland. Yet as American soldiers do most of the fightingagainst the Sunni insurgents, that solution would bedisastrous for the U.S. mission and Western security moregenerally.
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8/24/2005 03:35:00 PMEven the tub-thumping, we love war, one-time freedom marchsponsoring Washington Post admits that the news on theconstitution is grim coming out of Iraq. The proposedconstitution could cut back on rights for women, give Islam toomuch power and worst of all push the Sunnis into a desperatecorner.In short, what some Shiite and Kurd leaders are callingfederalism looks dangerously like a recipe for partition orcivil war. Perhaps the intractable insurgency has convincedthese Iraqis that they must amputate and starve the Sunniheartland. Yet as American soldiers do most of the fightingagainst the Sunni insurgents, that solution would bedisastrous for the U.S. mission and Western security moregenerally.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: WaPo: ...http://www.americablog.com/2005/08/wapo-iraqi-constitution-l...
1 of 17/24/09 7:23 PM