the mouse's view of the signing that didn't happen (Iraq)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20040305/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

Shiites Won't Sign Interim Constitution

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U.S. and Iraqi officials had planned an elaborate ceremony for the signing, full of symbols of Iraqi unity, that was left a shambles. A map of the country was emblazoned with the slogan "We all participate in the new Iraq." Twenty-five fountain pens, one for each member, were lined up on an antique desk belonging to King Feisal I, Iraq's first monarch.


Children wearing traditional costumes representing Iraq's main ethnic groups were brought in for the occasion. With the audience waiting for the signing to take place, the children went ahead on stage and sang a repertoire of patriotic songs.


At the same time, helicopters swarmed the skies around the convention center, scouting for would-be attackers.


The attacks never materialized, but the meeting was sabotaged anyway.

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I saw the buildup to it on NWI television. They even had an Orchestra playing! The Iraqis see through this phony-baloney crap.

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