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Iraq-Jordan
Iraqi Sunnis demand role in drafting constitution
2005-03-20
Baghdad - A conference of Iraq's Sunni Arabs on Saturday demanded to participate in drafting the country's constitution, due to be finished before August 15, despite their low voter turnout in elections earlier in the year.
A little late, eh?
"All groups within Iraq should contribute without exception in drafting the constitution, even the groups who've been out killing everyone who supported the constitution," said Ismail Al Dulaimi, a committeeman with the conference, which is being held under the auspices of Iraq's monarchist claimant Sharif Ali.

"Iraqi national and legal personalities should participate in writing the constitution," Al-Dulaimi said, adding that Sunni Arab participation in the constitution was needed to "meet the urgent demands of the Iraqi people to deal with this issue positively".

He also stressed the need for a timetable for US -led occupation forces to withdraw from the country's main cities.
Oh, that again.
Al-Dulaimi said this would help the formation of a constitutional government that could enter into talks with the occupier to withdraw completely in accordance with UN Resolution 1483, which affirms the territorial integrity of Iraq and the right of Iraqis to determine their own political future.

Also among the issues demanded by the Sunni committee was the release of all Iraqi detainees, a halt to all "arbitrary arrests" and bombing of cities, and the dissolution of all militias and the reconstitution of the defunct Iraqi army.
Squealing like a pig.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Dont forget the pony! I'm sure they want a pony too!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-03-20 12:04:28 PM  

#6  The Sunnis got something like 20 seats in the election. They screwed up big time in boycotting the election. Now they will just have to eat it and build on the 20 seats that they have. Start seeething and harming people and they will be cordoned off like a bunch of viruses in the bloodstream. The cluebat hit. Laearn from it.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-20 11:55:52 AM  

#5  After being punched several times in the face, they are *demanding* that they be allowed to have a nose bleed.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-03-20 9:42:12 AM  

#4  "Train's leaving the station. All aboard who's going."
Posted by: phil_b   2005-03-20 5:33:12 AM  

#3  Brings to mind once again: "people in hell want ice water too."

We need a new cross needle meter that register sniveling and bleating in db. I could be called a Whingeometer.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-03-20 4:31:15 AM  

#2  Everybody gets a say; what they'll have to get used to is that theirs is but one of many voices. I read 44% of Sunnis DID vote. Are they gonna cooperate?
Posted by: Bobby   2005-03-20 1:50:57 AM  

#1  Reminds me of Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche) in "Trading Places" - "Turn those machines back on!"
Posted by: PBMcL   2005-03-20 12:22:59 AM  

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