They just got a different tool to use than we do: They kill innocent lives to achieve objectives. That's what they do. And they're good. They get on the TV screens and they get people to ask questions about, well, you know, this, that or the other. I mean, they're able to kind of say to people: Don't come and bother us, because we will kill you. Bush - Joint News Conference with Blair - 28 July '06

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Iraq: Constitution - when an 'edit' is not an 'amendment'

detroitfreepress: The U.S. ambassador suggested Tuesday there may be further changes to the draft constitution in order to win Sunni Arab approval, saying he believed a "final, final draft" had not yet been presented.

U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad spoke two days after Shi'ite and Kurdish negotiators bypassed Sunni Arab negotiators and finished the draft. Sunnis objected to the inclusion of federalism or strong regional authority, references to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party and the country's identification as an Islamic but not Arab state.

According to the version signed off on by parliament Sunday, there can be no amendments. But Khalilzad said that might not include edits to the approved text. Read more

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