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Seven Armed Groups Agree To Reconciliation Plan, Mp Says
Baghdad, 26 June (AKI) - Seven Iraqi resistance groups have so far adhered to the national reconciliation plan presented by the new prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in parliament on Sunday according to Shiite MP Hussein Sanidi, considered close to al-Maliki. He told local daily al-Sabah that "there are seven armed groups who have accepted the proposal, responding to al-Maliki's appeal and confirming that they have not been involved in atrocities against Iraqi civilians." The plan also outlines a programmed to disarm militias and beef up Iraqi security forces ahead of a takeover from coalition forces and envisages the phased release of 2,500 detainees from Iraqi prisons and creates a national commission for reconciliation. Sanidi did not specify which groups had signed up to the plan which was endorsed by most parties in parliament except the main Sunni force, the Iraqi Concord Front which is prepared to back it only on the condition that the militia of Shiite imam Moqtada al-Sadr are disbanded. The announcement came as rebels linked to al-Qaeda said they had killed four Russian diplomats they were holding. Posted by: Steve 2006-06-26 |
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