American Zionist Wrote Iraqi
Constitution
Noah Feldman
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Noah Feldman is a NYU Professor of Law who was appointed in 2003 by
the Coalition Provisional Authority as chief U.S. advisor to Iraq for
the writing of the country’s new constitution. On
7 Dec 2006, Harvard Law School announced that Feldman will join the
Harvard faculty[1]. Feldman is an Orientalist, someone interpreting
Islamic/Arab society.
Fledman clerked for Judge Harry Edwards, who was appointed by Carter,
and David Souter.
Comment by Scott Ritter
On March 16, 2005, Scott Ritter was interviewed by Dennis Bernstein on
KPFA's Flashpoints program and had this to say about Feldman:
The Shia contend that they won more than 60% of the vote. If in fact the
Shia did win 60% of the vote, they now control a national assembly that
is charged – it has one task only – that is, in August 2005 to vote on a
Constitution for Iraq. Now, the United States presented the
interim government of Iyad Allawi with a draft Constitution that was put
together by a New York Univ. scholar named Noah Feldman.
Noah Feldman is an Islamist, he knows Islam, he is also an orthodox Jew.
Now, I am not saying this from an anti-semitic standpoint, …
But I know Iraq very well; to have an
American Jew draft the Iraqi constitution in which is stated that Islam
will not be the state religion is an insult to the sensibilities of all
Iraqis.
If you go to Iraq today, if you have contact with Iraqis, and you
mention Noah Feldman's name they know who he is – most Americans don't.
Almost every Iraqi does, and they know what he did – he drafted a
constitution, which if the Shia have their way, will be rejected. Now,
if the Shia reject this constitution it also rejects all the interim law
that was passed by Paul Bremer that is still in place today.
There is no Iraqi government governing Iraq; the law that is governing
Iraq was passed by Paul Bremer, and gives the United States total
control of the country. And we have total control
as we speak today. If this constitution is voted out, not only will the
Shia bring in a theocracy based on Islamic law, but also they will
reject the transitional law that is in place today. This is what the
U.S. cannot afford to happen; we say that we want democracy in Iraq, but
when democracy occurs, and the majority wins, we cannot respect the
result.
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