Arab Democracy: Boring

A22: Sunnis Added to Iraq Constitution Panel

BAGHDAD, June 16 -- Iraqi political leaders reached a compromise Thursday to include more Sunni Muslim Arabs on the committee responsible for writing the country's new constitution, ending weeks of stalemate and raising hopes that the document can be crafted before the panel's deadline expires in two months.

It's a major breakthrough, given the Sunni boycott of the elections and their former place of privilege in Iraqi politics. But you know--not enough bombs.

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Honestly, I think part of the problem is deep in the reptilian editor's brain, covering Iraqi political developments with all the passion of the local sewage-system bond referendum. In reality, what's commonplace over here is remarkable over there.