Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:54 am Post subject: Whats wrong with this picture? |
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9FC070E8-F8B9-40AE-89EE-DBF61EC3E177.htm
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"We are calling on all leaders, clergymen, tribal chiefs and university professors to mobilise their constituents to go to the polls and to vote no to the constitution," Himayem said.
"We have also prepared a petition and we expect to gather support from about 5 million people from all over Iraq to say no to the constitution."
The conference was held in the Jordanian capital, Amman, for security reasons.
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The Sunnis are the majority in three Iraqi provinces. However, all three are among the hardest hit by violence and getting out the vote on 15 October could prove difficult.
Unity threatened
The 150 leaders from Iraq's violence-torn Sunni heartland who gathered in Amman are concerned that the proposed constitution threatens Iraq's unity.
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Himayem, the cleric, emphasised that violence would increase if the constitution passes.
"Many of the moderates will turn to the resistance because it is a legitimate right to fight this constitution," he warned. |
There is something thats rubbing me the wrong way about this. I can't explain well at the moment, but its there I can almost touch it. |
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