The talented and wise young female Iraqi blogger Riverbend has now put her smart mind to work on analyzing the Iraqi constitution. (Hat-tip to commenter Jean for noting that.)
All of her observations there seem astute– including what she notes about differences between different version/ translations of the constitution.
She notes the complexity of this (draft) constitution’s references to the role of Islam in the projected constitutional life of the country, and writes:
- In the old constitution that was being used up until the war, the