4 dead in Iraq as leaders debate constitution: Political fighting between factions delay document's completion

MSNBC (via AP), Updated: 7:10 a.m. ET Aug. 11, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three shootings killed four people across Iraq, police said Thursday, including one attack in the capital that left a young girl wounded and her parents dead. Negotiations between political leaders on the country’s draft constitution continued as a deadline loomed.
Insurgent attacks have continued as leaders from the country’s disparate groups have huddled for weeks in an attempt to write a new constitution that is supposed to be complete by Monday. U.S. and Iraqi officials hope political progress will deflate the insurgency that has launched waves of attacks on the new government and security forces.