Reply #9: Iraq Lawmakers Won't Meet on Constitution

[brooklynite]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Parliament announced it had no plans to meet Thursday night and no date for a future session, signaling Iraqi factions were failing to reach agreement on a new constitution before a self-imposed midnight target.

The statement from National Assembly's top spokesman, Bishro Ibrahim, came as negotiators struggled for consensus on a draft by the close of a 72-hour extension granted Monday night by parliament, after Sunni Arabs blocked a vote on a charter accepted by Shiite and Kurdish negotiators.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050825/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq