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August 15, 2005
Iraq Constitution May Be Sent To Assembly Without Unanimity, Over Sunni Protests
Another interesting one from Captain Ed. The Iraqis had hoped for unamity on the proposed constitution, but Sunnis continue to be intransigent.
Kurdish and Shi'ite drafters have threatened to send the draft constitution to the National Assembly on a two-thirds vote if the Sunnis continue their rejectionist stance.
Obviously, it would be best if the Sunnis agreed to the proposed constitution; it will hardly end the fighting if they are bypassed yet again.
But... one begins to sense that they simply will never accede to any government in which they do not dominate.
At some point the Iraqi Sunnis might get the full-out civil war they seem to be agitating for. I hope they're prepared for the same sort of mercy they showed the Kurds and Shi'ites for the past 30 years.