Iraq gets a new constitution (Reuters) Updated: 2004-03-09 08:01
Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum, president
of the 25-member Council, prepares to sign the Iraqi interim constitution
in Baghdad on March 8, 2004. Iraq's Governing Council signed an interim
constitution Monday, a key step toward a planned handover of sovereignty
by U.S.-led occupation forces to Iraqis on June 30. [Reuters] Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum shows the
pen after signing the Iraqi interim constitution in Baghdad on March 8.
A member of the Iraqi Governing
Council holds the signed Iraqi interim constitution in Baghdad on March 8,
2004. [Reuters] Members of the Iraqi Governing
Council celebrate after the signing ceremony of the interim constitution
in Baghdad on March 8, 2004. The United States claimed a diplomatic
victory in Iraq's tortuous march toward sovereignty after the
Governing Council signed the interim constitution despite persistent
reservations from the country's leading Shi'ite Muslim cleric.
[Reuters]
