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August 26, 2005
Bush is asking Hakim for favors?
What next, will he take up wind surfing? Or ask for a permission slip?
Al-Adeeb said Bush personally telephoned Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim and asked him to make compromises on parts of the consitution that would purge former members of Saddam's Sunni-dominated Baath Party from government jobs and political life and on federalism, which the Sunnis strongly oppose.A second Shiite negotiator also confirmed the Bush call but asked that his name not be published.
Al-Adeeb said al-Hakim told the president that the Shiite bloc was made up of several groups "and they might reject the constitution if the article on the Baath Party is removed."
Seriously, I think it's not a bad move to call. It's just ironic.
Posted by Mike at August 26, 2005 08:44 AM
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