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| Liberals-Internationalists Now Hoping To Claim Credit For Iraq |
| 2005-11-03 |
| ...It was first proposed by Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts in his presidential election campaign, and that was enough to have it ignored by the victorious Bush administration. But in the past month, it has resurfaced as a possible exit from the morass of violence and political uncertainty of post-war Iraq. The Arab League offered to sponsor an Iraqi national reconciliation conference that would include all Iraqi groups. Speaking in Baghdad recently, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said all political factions in Iraq would participate, and the aim would be to seek a wide national consensus. An Arab source said Wednesday Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa was at the United Nations to test member reaction to the proposal. On Sunday, a similar concept was advanced by Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska in a speech at Iowa State University. "Once the Iraqi government is in place (after January), the United States, along with its allies, should propose a regional security conference on Iraq with the endorsement of the United Nations," Hagel said. "Creating this regional context is vital. ... Such a conference would give us another opportunity to help rebuild an international consensus on Iraq and address the regional complexities of the Middle East. More missed opportunities on Iraq will be disastrous for the United States, Iraq and the region." A spokesman for the senator told United Press International Thursday the contents of the speech was all Hagel was prepared to say on the subject in public, but that he would have "more to say about this in coming weeks." A related effort involves an international advisory body called the Eminent Persons Group, which advises U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on special political affairs... And even before the lions have finished the kill, the hyenas and vultures converge to steal what they can of the carcass. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Hagel, RINO |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-03 20:32 |
| #6 The Vampire Vulture Elite is circling the newborn babe.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-11-03 19:08 |
| #5 I don't see the need for a 'national reconciliation conference'. They just voted on a constitution. It carried with 79% of the vote. Sounds like they got a lot of reconciliation done already. The parliamentary vote in December will get some more reconciliation on the table, especially if the Sunnis have any hope of influencing events at all. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-11-03 17:23 |
| #4 And even before the lions have finished the kill, the hyenas and vultures converge to steal what they can of the carcass. LOL! |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-03 16:36 |
| #3 You missed a couple of prime suspect nutjobs in there: Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists Ambassador Thomas Graham President Lawyers Alliance for World Security Imran Khan, Pakistani Opposition Leader Ambassador Peggy Mason, Chair, UN Governmental Expert Panel on Small Arms Brokering Michael Weston, Vice Presdient of the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects I know the UCS is a political -- not scientific -- group. The lawyers group sounds like a raging pack of lefties -- their name hits a lot of buzzwords. Khan *might* not be that bad, but I doubt it. For the last two, the small arms groups in the UN are the ones that keep trying to disarm the US citizenry. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-11-03 16:28 |
| #2 ...and heeeeeeere they are! Members of the Emenient Persons Group Alpha Oumar Konare, the President of Mali (Co-Chair) Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France (Co-Chair) Ambassador Celso Amorim, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the UN at Geneva , formerly Foreign Minister of Brazil Lloyd Axwonrthy, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canada Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists, formerly Chief US Arms Negotiator Mitsuro Donowaki, Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Vice President of the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, former Ambassador of Sweden to US Amadou Kebe, Permanent Observer of OAU to the UN Eteki a Mbomoua, President, Red Cross of Cameroon formerly secretary-general of the OAU and Foreign Minister of Cameroon Nabil Fahmy, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator Ambassador Thomas Graham Presiddent Lawyers Alliance for World Security formerly Chief US delegate to 1995 NPT Review&Extension Conference Amadou Kebe, Permanent Observer of OAU to the UN Imran Khan, Pakistani Opposition Leader Andrej Kozyrev, former Foreign Minister, Russian Federation Ambassador Peggy Mason, Chair, UN Governmental Expert Panel on Small Arms Brokering formerly Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Robert S. McNamara, former US Secretary of Defense, President of the World Bank and the Ford Motor Co., Dr. Sola Ogunbanwo, Nigerian Representative to the 2000 NPT Review Conference David Owen, Member, House of Lords former U.K. Foreign Secretary P. V. Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India Ambassador Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General on Africa Salim Ahmed Salim ,Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia Michael Weston, Vice Presdient of the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, former Permanent Representative of the UK to the Conference on Disarmament Fienstein and MacNamara? Oh, yeah. I'm real interested in what this crew has in mind. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-03 16:18 |
| #1 hey you hyenas and vultures (see liberals and UN), FUCK OFF! The Iraqis will decide their own fate, not you. You damn blood sucking slimes! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-11-03 16:05 |