Bush: Iraq's Sunnis face choice on constitution
Posted on: Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 11:01 CDT
DONNELLY, Idaho (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that Iraq's Sunnis, who have balked at a draft constitution offered by Shi'ites and Kurds, have to decide what kind of society they want to live in.
"This talk about Sunnis rising up, I mean the Sunnis have got to make a choice. Do they want to live in a society that's free, or do they want to live in violence?" Bush told reporters.
Speaking at a resort in Idaho, he said that the drafting of the constitution was an "amazing event."
Bush added, "Anyway I'm optimistic about what's taking place."
Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has ruled out any major change to a draft constitution that parliament looks set to pass this week despite minority Sunni objections that it could ignite civil war.
Source: REUTERS
Related Articles
- Sunnis Protest New Constitution in Iraq
- Iraqi Sunni Politician Expects Constitution to Be Approved 28 Aug
- Top Sunnis Criticize Draft Constitution
- Sunnis Warn Against Constitution Draft
- Iraq Sunnis to rejoin constitution talks
- Iraq Sunnis to end constitution committee boycott
- Iraqi Official: Sunni Member of Constitutional Drafting Committee Killed
- Two Sunnis on Iraq's constitutional panel killed
- Sunnis on Iraq's constitution committee shot dead
- Three Sunnis on Iraq constitution committee killed
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds