Thursday, July 21, 2005

Iraq 'sovereignty' crumbling

Four Sunni Arab politicians withdrew yesterday from the group writing Iraq's new constitution after two colleagues were assassinated, threatening to derail the country's path toward full sovereignty.

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''We want a full international investigation" into the killings, [Saleh] Mutlak said, reflecting the Sunnis' belief that the Shi'ite-dominated government would not look closely into the assassination because it tacitly condones violence against hard-line, proresistance Sunni Arabs.

  Boston.com article

Algeria's envoy to Baghdad was kidnapped on Thursday, police sources said.

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Egypt's envoy was kidnapped and killed earlier this month by al Qaeda's Iraq wing, which vowed to carry out more attacks on diplomats in the Iraqi capital.

  Reuters article

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