"Second Amendment" needed in Iraq?A Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. report of April 22 noted: "Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Jawad This article is about the Indian town. For other uses, see Jawad (disambiguation). Coordinates: Jawad (Hindi:जावद) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Neemuch district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. al-Maliki said on Saturday the country's militias must merge with the U.S.-trained armed forces, despite calls from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to disarm them." The story quoted from the first speech Maliki made upon assuming his present position: "Arms should be in the hands of the government. There is a law that calls for the merging of militias with the armed forces." Maybe it isn't too late to insert a provision into the new Iraqi constitution reading: "A well regulated militia militia (məlĭsh`ə), military organization composed of citizens enrolled and trained for service in times of national emergency. Its ranks may be filled either by enlistment or conscription. being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." |
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