Iraq's Little Read Charter Evokes Strong Views

http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1204100


BAGHDAD Just days before Iraq's constitutional referendum on Saturday few Iraqis have read the country's new draft charter or even know what's in the document.

But ask the average Shiite what they think of Iraq's proposed constitution and it will be praised to the heavens. Ask a Sunni, and he or she says that it will lead to the breakup of Iraq, and a deepening of its civil war.

Many simply say they're voting based on what leaders of their communities say, and when they speak of the document's weaknesses or advantages, they focus on group, rather than national interests.

"Of course I'm voting no,'' says Abu Mustafa, a Sunni security guard in Baghdad who declined to give his full name. "The Muslim Scholars Association have told us it's terrible for Iraq."

bases law on Sharia, is full of contradictions...ya want an Islamic Fundamentalist state with women as 2nd class citizens? THEN VOTE YES. 2000 US dead, for THIS???

IRAQIS HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN THE CONSTITUTION THEY'RE TO VOTE ON.

Gee what "PROGRESS"!

RAH RAH RAH!

It's expected to pass, because the VIOLENCE will keep Iraqis away from the voting booths.

Gee what "PROGRESS"!

RAH RAH RAH!

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article318225.ece