More delays for Iraq’s political process.

“A parliamentary committee set up to study amendments to Iraq’s constitution has failed to agree on a number of issues and will seek a weeklong extension of its deadline to present a report to parliament.” The LA Times reported yesterday that “the oil law that U.S. officials call vital to ending Iraq’s civil war is in serious trouble among Iraqi lawmakers, many of whom see it as a sloppy document rushed forward to satisfy Washington’s clock.”