Sunday, August 21, 2005

Sunnis seek help as deadline nears

As the deadline nears the Sunnis are asking help from the US and UN because the current draft of the constitution favors the Shiites and the Kurds. This fight is primarily over federalism which would determine how strong the central government will be. The Sunnis fear that the current draft would give favor to the Shiites and the Kurds who make up 80% of the Iraqi population and control over future oil wealth. The Sunnis were the minority group who were in power under the former Saddam regime.
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