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"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Senior members of a Shiite-dominated committee drafting Iraq's new constitution reached a compromise Thursday with Sunni Arab groups on the number of representatives the minority will have on the body drafting the charter.
The agreement broke weeks of deadlock between the 55-member committee and Sunni Arabs over the size of their representation.
The stalemate had threatened to derail Iraq's political process as it was about to enter its final stretch, with two key nationwide votes later this year — a constitutional referendum and a general election.
Under the deal, 15 Sunni Arabs would join two members of the minority already sitting on the committee. An additional 10 Sunni Arabs would join, but only in an advisory capacity.
News of the deal was announced by two lawmakers who sit on the committee — Shiite Bahaa al-Aaraji and Sunni Arab Adnan al-Janabi. Both have led contacts with the Sunni Arab community over the size of their participation in the constitutional process.
They also attended a meeting Thursday with 70 representatives of the Sunni community over the issue.
The United States and the European Union have called for the inclusion of the Sunni Arabs in the drafting of the constitution to ensure the credibility and success of the process."
"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Senior members of a Shiite-dominated committee drafting Iraq's new constitution reached a compromise Thursday with Sunni Arab groups on the number of representatives the minority will have on the body drafting the charter.
The agreement broke weeks of deadlock between the 55-member committee and Sunni Arabs over the size of their representation.
The stalemate had threatened to derail Iraq's political process as it was about to enter its final stretch, with two key nationwide votes later this year — a constitutional referendum and a general election.
Under the deal, 15 Sunni Arabs would join two members of the minority already sitting on the committee. An additional 10 Sunni Arabs would join, but only in an advisory capacity.
News of the deal was announced by two lawmakers who sit on the committee — Shiite Bahaa al-Aaraji and Sunni Arab Adnan al-Janabi. Both have led contacts with the Sunni Arab community over the size of their participation in the constitutional process.
They also attended a meeting Thursday with 70 representatives of the Sunni community over the issue.
The United States and the European Union have called for the inclusion of the Sunni Arabs in the drafting of the constitution to ensure the credibility and success of the process."
) isn't too far off the mark. Yes he repeats the obvious stuff, however that is sadly lacking in many columns (i.e. other columnists who make moronic assertions, aka Cal Thomas et al). When you look at the majority of syndicated columns out there he's not too bad. He generally doesn't make moronic statments, and even when he is wrong he generally has a good series of reasons which he is willing to discuss intelligently. Sort of like LoTM. 
and tell them we'll come in and whoop 'em if they invade each other. Had we told Saddam what would happen if he invaded his neighbors, we wouldn't be in this mess.
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