Iraq's interim legislature ready to vote as some Sunnis still planning to boycot - suicide bombings kill more than 30
Altaf Malik
Oct. 12, 2005

As Iraq gets ready to vote on accepting the new constitution, Iraq's fragile political system tries to patch up all the differences.

Saad Qandeel, a Shiite member of the Iraqi constitutional drafting committee, said Oct. 12 that the Transitional National Assembly will vote on four amendments to the earlier draft constitution. One amendment would insert a clause to affirm "Iraq's unity, its earth, people and sovereignty," a second would state that Iraq belongs to the Arab and Islamic worlds, a third would make Arabic the language of northern Kurdistan and the fourth would slightly amend the clause that addresses the rule of Iraqi men and women transferring their nationality to their children.

Abdul Salam al-Kubaisi of the Association of Muslim Scholars on Oct. 12 criticized the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party for continuing to support the Iraqi draft constitution following eleventh-hour changes. Al-Kubaisi warned that those who support the document are risking their reputation. He added that his group believes it is up to the masses whether they to boycott the referendum or cast ballot against the charter.

A suicide bomber killed at least 30 Iraqis and wounded 35 at an army checkpoint outside of a recruitment center in the northwestern Iraqi city of Tall Afar, media reported.

Iraq's interim legislature was called into special session to deliberate on a breakthrough in the dispute over the constitution achieved by Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni negotiators. Shiite legislator Khalid al-Atiyah said, however, that it is unclear whether the deal would be voted on during the session. Meanwhile, another Sunni group has hinted that it could review its opposition to the charter. Mohammad Bashar al-Faidhi, founder of the Association of Muslim Scholars, said in an interview that the association's position is to boycott the process, but that "we might think in another way" if something positive comes out of the special session.

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