Sunni Arabs in Iraq's constitution committee announced Wednesday their suspension of membership after the killing of three other members on Tuesday.

Adnan al-Janabi, a Sunni Arab and deputy head of the committee, made the announcement to reporters, while holding the Iraqi government, the National Assembly and the United Nations responsible for the killing of three Sunni committee members.

"Despite these parties announced they would back the process of writing the constitution, they did not provide security for the Sunni members," Janabi told the reporters, adding "that's why we decided to withdraw from the committee."

"As Sunni Arab, we participated because we view the constitution is for all Iraqis," he said.

Janabi revealed that there were several disputes among the members over the identity of an Iraqi and the role of Islamic law.

On Tuesday, Salih al-Mutlak, the spokesman of the Sunni National Dialogue Council threatened that the 17 Sunni Arab members in the constitutional committee would withdraw from the drafting constitution process after three of the Sunni constitution writers were assassinated.

The three were gunned down in broad daylight in central Baghdad when gunmen sprayed their car with bullets near the al-Azaeim restaurant, Mutlak said, adding they all died in the car and their clothes soaked with blood.

"Mejbil al-Sheikh Issa, Aziz Ibrahim and Dhamin Hassan al- Ubaidi, who represent the Sunni Arab among others, were killed Tuesday afternoon," Mutlak denounced.

Issa and Ubaidi were picked by the council for the constitutional committee, which earlier brought 15 Sunni members and 10 advisors on board as required by the Sunni community.

Source: Xinhua