Iraqi leaders agreed early Monday morning to an interim constitution that would serve as the framework for the government through next year, Iraqi officials said.
If approved, the interim constitution would be the most progressive such document in the Arab world. Even before the hard bargaining began, there was wide agreement on many of its major features, including the freedom of speech, press and assembly and the free exercise of religion.
The constitution provides for an independent judiciary, equal treatment under the law regardless of gender or ethnicity, as well as civilian control over the military.
"This document protects the rights of individuals more than any other document in the region," said Feisal al-Istrabadi, an Iraqi American lawyer who helped draft the interim constitution.
What will be the criticism of the war once Iraq has a constitution and more freedom than any other Arab nation?
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