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Aide: Al-Sadr ready to negotiate in Najaf
"We want a stop to this bloodshed in the city of Najaf," said the aide, Sheikh Ali Smaisem. "We will negotiate with the same delegation from the [Iraqi] National Conference, and we want them to bring a representative from the government."
Translation: you are killing our "recruits" faster than we can replenish them. Let's talk for awhile so that we can bring more people into the slaughter a few days later.
Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-08-24
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=41452