Iraq's draft constitution undergoes 11th hour modifications

"BAGHDAD (AFX) - The committee drafting Iraq's new constitution was locked in last-minute discussions Tuesday to amend certain articles that were contested by Sunni Arabs, negotiators said.

Two-thirds of the parliamentary committee met and examined ways of making 'three possible modifications' to the document aimed at satisfying the Sunnis, Shiite MP Abboud Wahid al-Issawi said.

The first one concerns Article 3 which stipulates that only the 'Arab people' of Iraq are part of the Arab nation, thereby excluding the country's Kurds who are largely autonomous in northern Iraq and speak their own language."
Forbes