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End of Iraq War and Occupation at Hand ?	jackreade	06/28/06
"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks - including those on American troops - if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Withdrawal is the centerpiece of a set of demands from the groups, which operate north of Baghdad in the heavily Sunni Arab provinces of Salahuddin and Diyala. Although much of the fighting has been to the west, those provinces are increasingly violent and attacks there have crippled oil and commerce routes. The groups who've made contact have largely shunned attacks on Iraqi civilians, focusing instead on the U.S.-led coalition forces. Their offer coincides with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's decision to reach out to the Sunni insurgency with a reconciliation plan that includes an amnesty for fighters. The Islamic Army in Iraq, Muhammad Army and the Mujahedeen Shura Council - the umbrella group that covers eight militant groups including al-Qaida in Iraq - were not party to any offers to the government". ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This action may just be the puzzle piece toward progress in getting Iraq back on its feet and under their new government? What do you think?
Clarification/Follow-up by Judgment_Day on 06/29/06 1:28 pm: Clete- Insurgents are not inside homes baking cookies. There in the trees with Keebler Elves firing off bottle rockets. It's called war. Coo-Coo the lights are on, but nobody's home. :)
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Judgment_Day		06/29/06
We shouldn't be bargaining with insurgents, period. What Bush should do is send more troops in there to clean house. Between liberals and conservatives playing politics for the next vacancies and Bush admins initial shortsightedness this war gets strung out longer than necessary.

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