The official results are in… and the people of Iraq have a new constitution. As I mentioned in earlier posts, two Sunni provinces voted overwhelmingly against the charter… but the required 2/3 in a third province was not achieved. That said, the UN and other international observers has indicated that all the voting was free …
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Explosive start to an important week in Iraq
I was going to start by talking about the final tally on the Constitution… but the events of the past few hours has overriden that. There have been 3 explosions in Baghdad, two smaller and one massive explosion. All in full view of journalist cameras in Baghdad. Christopher Albrighton says: [The Insurgents] know how to …
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Iraqi Constitutional waiting game
As we continue to wait for the final results I’ll point you to an article at “Back to Iraq 3.0”. He is a once-freelance now Time-affiliated reporter in Baghdad. He’s extremely familiar with Iraqi society and today has posted some interesting insight into what might or might not happen with the Constitution. His conclusion is …