Iraq constitution revised draft [AP]

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Iraq constitution revised draft [AP]

August 31, 2005 01:18:00 pm

Revised draft of the final Iraqi constitution received by the Iraqi National Assembly, August 28, 2005. Read the full text [PDF] as translated from the Arabic by the Associated Press [PDF; changes from the August 22 draft are in parentheses].

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