Iraqi Assembly Passes Last Minute Amendments

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 12: Iraq?s President Jalal Talaban (R) speaks during a special session for Transitional National Assembly (TNA), as (2nd R to L) Iraq?s Vice President Ghazi al-Yawar, Shiite cleric Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), Iraq?s Prime Minsiter Ibrahim al-Jaafari listen during a special session for TNA in the heavily fortified green zone October 12, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq. The TNA approved a set of last minute amendments in hopes of winning Sunni support for the October 15 referendum on Iraq's draft constitution. (Photo by Mohamed Mesara-Pool/Getty Images)