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| Iraqi VP calls for talks with insurgents | |
| 2007-03-22 | |
| BAGHDAD - Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi called on Wednesday for talks with the country’s insurgent groups, as the Pentagon claimed Al Qaeda is using children as fodder in their brutal war in Iraq. Hashemi, a Sunni, said in an interview with the BBC that militants, Al Qaeda excluded, were “just part of the Iraqi communities.” “I do believe there is no way but to talk to everybody,” said Hashemi, who is due in Tokyo later Wednesday. All parties “should be invited, should be called to sit down around the table to discuss their fears, their reservations,” he said, while adding that Al Qaeda was “not very much willing, in fact, to talk to anybody.”
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Exactly, Steve. Actually, far better to have WHAT'S LEFT of those Sunni communities drag themselves to the table to say "yes, whatever you want." This is a cold-blooded strategy, not emotion. Iraq is far more likely to be reasonably even-keeled in the medium term if the Sunnis are taken down 1,234 notches. They're still far from "getting it" that their day is past. (cue misinformed hysteria about Iranian influence if the Shi'a aren't "balanced" by the Sunnis - as if that's the way Iraqi society or politics work) |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-03-22 00:27 |