ARAB AFAIRS - Aug 29 - Arab World Fears Iraq Constitution Will Spark Tensions.Iraq's draft constitution is greeted with stiff opposition in the wider Arab world, amid fears that it undermines the country's Arab identity and will inflame sectarian tensions. Delegates from Iraq's Sunni minority, who refused to endorse the draft constitution, have appealed to the Arab League Arab League, popular name for the League of Arab States, formed in 1945 in an attempt to give political expression to the Arab nations. and UN to help block a referendum due in October. Supporting their position on Aug 29 in an interview on BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. radio, Arab League Sec Gen Amr Moussa, described parts of the draft as a "recipe for chaos". He claimed Iraq's Sunni minority had "not been heard" during the constitution-drafting process and said he shared their concerns on the federal nature of the draft. Moussa's comments set the scene for fresh tensions between the Iraqi government and its regional peers ahead of a planned meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in early September. The Arab League has consistently pushed for greater inclusion of Iraq's Sunni minority in the political process. It favoured the convening of a national conference in advance of January's elections, as part of efforts to encourage greater Sunni participation. Charter steers Iraqis down a path full of potential danger US Pres Bush and other American officials have put a positive spin on the draft Iraqi constitution, approved by the parliament in Baghdad, choosing to play up the democratic credentials of the document. But this year's annual summit of Arab leaders failed to produce a strong or effective position on Iraq. Arab officials are now concerned that Sunni objections to the draft constitution will inflame tensions, amid signs that the violence in Iraq has an increasingly sectarian dimension. The decentralised Adj. 1. decentralised - withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; "a decentralized school administration" decentralized , federal system outlined in the draft is unprecedented in the Arab world “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the and has played to regional fears of growing Iranian influence and Kurdish separatism sep·a·ra·tist n. 1. One who secedes or advocates separation, especially from an established church; a sectarian or separationist. 2. . "I do not believe in this division between Shiite and Sunni and Muslims and Christians and Arabs and Kurds", Moussa said. "I don't buy this Don't Buy This is a ZX Spectrum compilation. As described on the box, it contains five of the poorest games submitted to Firebird. Each compilation was sold for only £2.50. and I find in this a true recipe for chaos and perhaps a catastrophe in Iraq and around it". Arab officials are also incensed by a clause perceived to deny Iraq's Arab identity. Algeria FM Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz is the name of:
currently chairs the Arab League, described this as "a serious and unacceptable precedent". GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). Sec Gen Abdul Rahman Al Attiya, echoed this, saying that the failure to acknowledge Iraq as an Arab nation "threatens Iraq's existence". |
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