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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45626)	3/1/2004 5:21:32 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

And codification of bill of rights something that was unheard of in old Iraq...On the third night of marathon talks, delegates from Iraq’s Governing Council gave a standing ovation when the final deal was reached at around 4:30 am on Monday, said Salem Chalabi, a representative from the Iraqi National Congress. "It was a very emotional moment," he told The Associated Press. "We established a bill of rights like no other in the region. It was quite a remarkable thing" even more so for being hammered out in the former Military Industry Ministry, a bulwark of Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime. "Compromises were made. Not everybody got what he wanted," he said. But "everybody was happy." One of the toughest issues was how to enshrine Islam in the charter. US officials and liberals on the council succeeded in ensuring Islam is "a source" of legislation out of many as opposed to "the" principle source as conservatives had sought. Shia council member Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq said Iraq’s historic and future identity was Islamic a fact that "must be respected."