Maliki's Master Plan

[loganosborne]

A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.

June 24, 2006 - A timetable for withdrawal of occupation troops from Iraq. Amnesty for all insurgents who attacked U.S. and Iraqi military targets. Release of all security detainees from U.S. and Iraqi prisons. Compensation for victims of coalition military operations.

Those sound like the demands of some of the insurgents themselves, and in fact they are. But they're also key clauses of a national reconciliation plan drafted by new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who will unveil it Sunday. The provisions will spark sharp debate in Iraq—but the fiercest opposition is likely to come from Washington, which has opposed any talk of timetables, or of amnesty for insurgents who have attacked American soldiers.

But in Iraq, even a senior military official in the U.S.-led coalition said Friday that the coalition might consider a timetable under certain circumstances. And the official was careful to point out that a distinction needs to be made between terrorists and the resistance.

NEWSWEEK has obtained a draft copy of the national reconciliation plan, and verified its contents with two Iraqi officials involved in the reconciliation process who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the plan's contents. Prime Minister Maliki will present the document to the National Assembly when it convenes on Sunday, and it's expected to be debated over the coming week. Maliki has made reconciliation and control of party militias the main emphasis of his new government. This plan follows a series of secret negotiations over the past two months between seven insurgent groups, President Jalal Talabani and officials of the U.S. embassy. The insurgent groups involved are Sunnis but do not include foreign jihadis like al Qaeda and other terrorist factions who deliberately target civilians; those groups have always denounced any negotiations.

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[Demonskates]

I just saw this on the news last night,Amnesty?!!!WTF!Then explain to me what in the f*%K the war on terror is?!That is like letting serial killers go,so the police dont have to be involved.what are they thinking?The second they do that,you watch,they will hit the U.S. with an even worse act of terrorisim than 911.Every U.S.soldier who has died,will have died in vain.What B.S.!

[skweeks]

It's all bull Demon.There never were WMD and theterrorists were a U.S. made propaganda tool, to get in the middle east anyways.
It's sad that the poor troops are used as pawns, when in thier heart they think they are being very patriotic.The administration could care less about freedom over there.
This is a fact we all need to come to terms with, or they will do it over and over and over again.
G.

[Demonskates]

yeah,we already have,Korea,Viet nam.........