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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