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["Melody O." <melody AT crecon.com>]

At 11:26 AM 1/11/05 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>This is a site containing the Iraqi Constitution:
>>http://www.cpa-iraq.org/government/TAL.html
>
>A common mistake. I listened to one of the interim governors or whatever 
>they call the provisional group that is running things before the 
>elections. He emphasized many times, emphatically, that there is no 
>constitution, that what they have now are rules on how to proceed to a 
>constitution. Deep within what you posted, there was this: LAW OF 
>ADMINISTRATION FOR THE STATE OF IRAQ FOR THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
>

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http://www.pakistantimes.net/2004/03/10/twt1.htm

Iraqi Constitution: Signed amid Bang of Blasts
Pakistan Times/TWTNews Foreign Desk Report
 
BAGHDAD (Iraq): Iraq's Governing Council has signed up to an interim
constitution - despite sharp criticism from Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric. 

The interim constitution is seen as a key step towards a planned handover
of sovereignty to Iraqis on June-30. The signing took place at a hastily
arranged ceremony in Baghdad after Shi'ite members of the council dropped
their objections to the document.
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/09/1078594361091.html?from=storyrh
s&oneclick=true

Constitution signed but outlook bleak
By Paul McGeough
Baghdad
March 10, 2004

The ink was hardly dry on Iraq's wobbly interim constitution when the
country's majority Shiites made it clear that the document falls short of
their cherished ambition to run the country in which they have been
oppressed for centuries.

US occupation officials and members of Washington's Iraqi Governing Council
beamed when the constitution was signed on Monday, after two failed
attempts last week.
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http://english.people.com.cn/200403/08/eng20040308_136892.shtml

Iraqi interim constitution signed 
All 25 members of Iraq's Governing Council signed the new interim
constitution on Monday in a ceremony in Baghdad.  
 
All 25 members of Iraq's Governing Council signed the new interim
constitution on Monday in a ceremony in Baghdad. 

The constitution has originally been scheduled to be signed on Wednesday
but was postponed following Tuesday's attacks on Shiite holy sites in
Karbala and Baghdad. 

The interim constitution is expected to take effect on July 1 after the
US-led coalition authorities hand over sovereignty to a caretaker Iraqi
government on June 30. 
<snip> 

>From what I have gleened, it is a Constitution of law during the transition
period.  Once elections are held, the new leadership can write a new
Constitution.  But also, from what I have read, it will be hard to get rid
of much of the structure already put in place with the temporary Constitution.

Best wishes,
Melody