3 Dec 2005 12:21 PM--- I said:    "Especially significant will be how content the Sunnis are after the election--particularly if--as is likely--they propose amendments to the constitution which are all defeated..."

12 Jan 2006 (today)--Wall St Journal- front page----"An Iraqi Shiite leader vows his ruling bloc won't permit any substantive changes to the constitution. Promise of such amendments enticed Sunnis into political participation."

If this is not just political jockeying prior to forming a government, it does not sound good.

We'll see.