Winks Blog

9 day update

Good afternoon.

Insurgent violence has killed at least 237 people, including 21 U.S. service members, in the past nine days ahead of the Oct. 15th referendum for the new Iraq Consititution.

A deep divide remains between Sunnis and Shiites regarding this issue. Sunnis threaten to boycott the vote at this point as it has become clear that they do not have a chance to even make their NO vote count due to a change in voting rules, which now counts only votes from registered voters. A Sunni Arab boycott of the referrendum would undermine the validity of the New Consititution. Washington had hoped that a new constitution would mend the different factions, but instead it is likely to create deeper divides and perpetuate ongoing insurgent violence/civil war.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 3:20 PM