Women's work

Women representing 17 civil society groups took the streets of Najaf on Aug. 3. | Mindy Belz

Ahead of an Aug. 15 deadline for drafting the constitution, terrorist attacks in Iraq spiked: 27 U.S. troops and 41 Iraqi military and civilian police were killed in the first four days of the month. "My son was the last of the John Waynes, but tougher," said the father of Marine Cpl. Timothy Michael Bell Jr., 22, one of 14 killed in the deadliest attack ever on U.S. Marines fighting in Iraq. On Aug. 3 their vehicle struck a roadside bomb near the Syrian border. All 14 were members of a unit based in Columbus, Ohio.

The rise in terrorist attacks over the past month and its link to the constitutional debate in Iraq should not be underestimated. No one has a greater stake in the wording of Article 1 than al-Qaeda and its affiliates.

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