Posted by
Grampus on Monday, September 25, 2006 12:50:14 PM
One of the largest roadblocks to peace in Iraq is settlement of differences between the various sects and tribes. There seems to be some progress in overcoming this obstacle to democracy. It will be interesting to note how much coverage of this is reported in the MSM.
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[Excerpt] But they agreed to break a two-week deadlock after all parties accepted a Sunni demand that the parliamentary committee be set up discuss amending the constitution.
Sunni Arabs hope to win an amendment that would make it more difficult to establish autonomous regions. Although federalism is enshrined in the constitution approved by Iraqis in a referendum a year ago, the right to seek amendments to the charter was a key demand made by Sunni Arabs when they agreed to join Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national unity government in the spring.
The deal opened the way for Iraq's communities to move ahead politically and solve an impasse that threatened to further sour relations among them. If left unresolved, the deadlock could have further shaken Iraq's fragile democracy and led to more sectarian violence. Grampus