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Sunni Arabs Endorse 15 for Iraq Committee |
2005-06-24 |
![]() "The atmosphere in the meeting was very cordial," said Abdul-Rahman al-Noami, one of the two Sunni Arab legislators on the 55-member committee. "We cannot satisfy everyone on the Sunni street but I can say that we have achieved about 90 percent of this and that's excellent." The 71-member group will make decisions on the constitution through consensus and send them to the other group for ratification. The awkward setup was necessitated by a Sunni Arab decision to boycott the Jan. 30 elections, leaving them with just 17 legislators in the 275-member parliament. An additional 13 Sunni Arabs also joined the parallel committee, but only in an advisory capacity. |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 lol! But seriously, I for one intend to enjoy the moment. This is victoy beyond what any of us had imagined. BTW, great graphic. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-06-24 10:57 |
#9 TGA A French pseudoaristocrat: the descendent of some parvenu who bought the name to the empoverished descendent of Admiral d'Estaing (the one who operated against the British fleet at the time of Yorktown). |
Posted by: JFM 2005-06-24 10:08 |
#8 Shoulda smoked that stogy |
Posted by: A Alda 2005-06-24 09:00 |
#7 Whiskey Rebellion leader? What the hell? that was me! No wait... it was Moonshine War. Sorry, my bad. |
Posted by: A Alda 2005-06-24 08:59 |
#6 Hell it takes those no account Sunnis months to kill as many of their fellow Iraqis as I managed of Yankees in ONE DAY at Antietam! And thats even WITH those scoundrels having my plans! |
Posted by: Robert E Lee 2005-06-24 08:59 |
#5 Too bad they don't hire a French aristocrat..he could whip up some 500 pages in no time... 2 years or so. |
Posted by: True German Ally 2005-06-24 08:58 |
#4 Well, it was a few decades later, but I think I killed more than a few New Yorkers. |
Posted by: Stonewall Jackson 2005-06-24 08:57 |
#3 Damn, now if we had bombs, we STILL wouldnt be paying whiskey taxes! Long live the anti-federalist insurgency!! |
Posted by: Whiskey rebellion leader 2005-06-24 08:55 |
#2 Damn! Bombs of course! Never thought about that, too late now. |
Posted by: Mason 2005-06-24 08:48 |
#1 Well, sure, this looks like good news, but I say we give 'em another six weeks - no, make that six days, on the schedule we dreamed up, or we call "quagmire" and take our toys and and boys and go home. (no disrespect intended for the women serving in Iraq, just that "boys and toys" rhymes.) How long did it take the US to write our constitution? Were Virginians killing New Yorkers trying to get their way? It does seem to me there were a lot of contentious discussions some 215 years ago, but not to many bombs. |
Posted by: Bobby 2005-06-24 07:24 |