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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: tonto who wrote (685298)6/10/2005 1:21:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
A "large and powerful minority group"????

They only account for approximately 20% of the Iraqi population and yet would be given a role of 31.25% if 25 are included to draft the constitution!

The visit coincided with the announcement that the 55-member National Assembly committee chosen to write a constitution will be expanded to include 15 to 25 non-elected Sunni Arabs.

A large and powerful minority group, Sunni Arabs have been alienated from Iraq's political process since the fall of Saddam Hussein, under whose regime they enjoyed power.


cnn.com
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