Iraq misses constitution deadline, US ambassador blames weather

[tocqueville]

US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad blamed the August 8 sandstorm for Iraqi politicians missing the deadline, though the country was saved from a political crisis by just a few minutes.

"We recognize that the three days lost because of the recent sandstorm set back the schedule of deliberations," Khalilzad said in a statement, adding "and that Iraqi leaders determined that a seven-day extension was needed to resolve remaining issues and to fine tune the language of the draft to avoid errors."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050815/ts_afp/iraq_050815224700

[karlrschneider]

1. A once-in-a-century meteorological event, no doubt...

:eyes:

[politicaholic]

2. "avoid errors." *pfft* - that's rich...

The whole war is an error.

[marcus_b]

3. Probably sunspots.

They will never run out of excuses.

[GoBlue]

4. WHAT??

This is a change. Why not blame the Democrats?