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Sunnis reject draft of Iraqi constitution
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-28 21:38
Iraqi negotiators finished the country's new constitution Sunday without the
endorsement of Sunni Arabs who helped prepare it, dealing a blow to the Bush
administration and setting the stage for a bitter campaign leading up to an
October referendum.
Several of the 15 members on the Sunni panel said they rejected the document
because of disagreements over such issues as federalism, Iraq's identity and
references to Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated Baath party.
Sunni Arab negotiators later said in a joint statement that they had asked
the United Nations and Arab League to intervene.
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