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Article: Iraq's Sunni Arabs Have Choices to Make
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HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-16-2005
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
Election employees enter data from yesterday's constitution referendum at the headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq (IECI) in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday Oct. 16 2005.I raq's constitution seemed assured of passage Sunday despite strong opposition from Sunni Arabs, who turned out in surprisingly high numbers in an effort to stop it.(AP Photo/Karim Sahib, Pool)
They turned out to vote this time, but appeared to have lost at the polls.
Will Iraq's Sunni Arabs still stick with the political process they have finally joined? Or, dismayed by their country's direction, will they return to the ...