Constitution may exacerbate sectarian conflict
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/story/0,15205,1561353,00.html
Simon Tisdall
Friday September 2, 2005
The Guardian
Iraq's draft constitution, to be voted on in a national referendum on
October 15, aims to turn Saddam Hussein's old fiefdom into a modern
state. But as the al-Aima bridge tragedy demonstrated, Iraq is never
far from a state of panic.
It may be that insurgent mortar attacks or an attempted suicide bombing
spooked the Shia pilgrims. It may be that, as one Shia leader claimed,
"terrorists, Saddamists and radical extremists [are] responsible for
what happened". It may have been a terrible accident.
Simon Tisdall
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