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February 05, 2005
Some Iraqi Sunni Leaders Offer to Help Write Constitution
Increasingly influential blogger Gregory Djerejian of The Belgravia Dispatch, says in a February 5, 2005 post that he "Can't say I'm surprised" by Washington Post correspondent Anthony Shahid's report that
Influential Sunni Arab leaders of a boycott of last Sunday's elections expressed a new willingness Friday to engage the coming Iraqi government and play a role in writing the constitution, in what may represent a strategic shift in thinking among mainstream anti-occupation groups."B.D. always thought most mainstream Sunni factions, even those boycotting (or threatening to boycott), would end up playing (mostly constructive) ball," he wrote. "It's still to early to make any definitive conclusions, but such a peeling away of moderate to nationalist Sunnis from the ranks of the extremists will lend yet another defeat to the ranks of the Baathist restorationists, assorted jihadists, and Zarqawi and Co. terrorists." I wouldn't get too excited by some Sunni leaders'alleged offer to help write Iraq's constitution. It's what one would expect from politicians. I'd want to infleunce it, too.
Posted by Munir Umrani at February 5, 2005 04:09 PM
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