Sunnis reject proposal for federal Iraq
In a dispute that threatened to delay the charter’s completion by a Monday deadline Iraq’s three major Sunni organisations appeared to have taken a united stand both for voting and against demands for federalism after they boycotted the January 30 parliamentary elections.
Sunni Arab leaders were responding to a demand by a leading Shi’ite lawmaker for provisions to allow local Shi’ite control in the southern and central parts of the country. Sunni Arabs fear they will lose out on oil revenues if the country is split into federated zones.
