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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 09:49 AM
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Iraq Shiites demand autonomy
Iraq Shiites demand autonomy as constitution deadline nears 34 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A leading Iraqi Shiite politician demanded autonomy for central and southern provinces where the majority community predominates four days before the deadline for a final draft of a new constitution.

The proposed Shiite autonomous region would mirror a Kurdish one in the far north, and the call from Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the powerful Shiite religious party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), gave new support to Kurdish demands for a fully federal Iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050811/wl_mideast_afp/iraq
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