Settling these differences is not an easy matter and it cannot be done quickly.
"Mahmoud Ali Othman" (born 1938) was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly.
Othman was born in Sulaimaniyah. He became politically active at the age of 18. He completed a degree in Medicine at the University of Baghdad where he received first-class honours.He has five daughters and three sons.
He was also a key player in the Kurdish struggle for autonomy. Othman is now an independent politician best known for his press interviews. He was also a front runner in the 1992 election in the Kurdistan Region. He currently plays an advisory role towards kurdish national issues, taking no active part in recent elections in 2009.
More Mahmoud Othman on Wikipedia.If concessions are made to the Sunnis to make additions to the constitution, then the other parties want a guarantee from the Sunnis that they will vote back the constitution at the referendum. But there are no guarantees.
They made this change because they were afraid the constitution would be rejected. But now it may be counterproductive: they made the Sunnis so furious that maybe more of them will vote no.
The main demands are the same ones that the Sunnis have been talking about all along.
I am happy about this decision because I want this to be done democratically, even though we support the constitution.
They don't like the idea of Iraq being described as federal, they prefer united, but I don't think they are going to get that.
Americans are working very hard to work out something.
There are intense talks going on. They are trying very hard to see if they can make last-minute changes for the Sunni Arabs.
It's very difficult to reach something that the Sunnis can agree to. Tomorrow will be crucial.
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