Sunni's Oppose Iraq's Proposed Constitution

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Sunnis Oppose Iraq's Proposed Constitution

Friday August 19, 2005 12:01 PM

By HAMED AHMED

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni Arabs and followers of a radical Shiite cleric held protests Friday against federal provisions in Iraq's proposed constitution, as negotiators sought to reach agreement on the charter by next week's deadline.

Sunni Arab negotiators are holding out against Shiite and Kurdish proposals for a federal structure for Iraq, saying such proposals would divide the country.

The Sunnis want a strong central government.

On Thursday, masked gunmen burst into the Sunni grand mosque in the tense city of Ramadi as religious, political, and tribal leaders met to discuss possible Sunni participation in the constitutional process. The gunmen asked participants to end their meeting and then opened fire on them, said Omar Seri, secretary of the governor of Anbar province.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5220459,00.html

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1. Things are going well, as always, I see.

This was all predicted before the official start of Shock and Awe. Of course unofficially we were bombing the hell out of these people for six months prior to the big announcement, and doing it secretly of course.