Wednesday, July 20, 2005
I shouldn't be surprised, but of course I am at least disappointed in the racism and paranoia present in the draft version of what is, in effect, the Iraqi Bill of Rights.
At Publius Pundit (via Meryl Yourish)
3. Any individual with another nationality (except for Israel) may obtain Iraqi nationality after a period of residency inside the borders of Iraq of not less than ten years for an Arab or twenty years for any other nationality, as long as he has good character and behavior, and has no criminal judgment against him from the Iraqi authorities during the time of his residency on the territory of the Iraqi republic.
4. An Iraqi may have more than one nationality as long as the nationality is not Israeli.
Writing it in to your Constitution that Israel and the Jews (and to a far lesser extent non-Arabs, actually -- Arabs are given a citizenship preference) are the enemy is hardly a promising first step toward a brighter future. Nuts.
