“This is a mockery for us, when you speak about freedom,” said Hanaa Edwar, who heads the Iraqi Amal Association, a human rights group opposing Article 41.
Redrafting the document is one of the benchmarks sought by the Bush administration to set the stage for an eventual US troop withdrawal. But it has been delayed three times as lawmakers haggle over issues such as provincial powers, religious freedoms, and distribution of oil revenue.