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2007-03-27 Iraq

Khalilzad acknowledges meetings with Iraq insurgents

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Was pretty widely reported at the time - and the embassy never commented on it. I never liked it. Take the war to them and, soon enough, the Sunnis would have been begging to talk to us. Zal was bringing a very weak hand (partly of his own creation) to bargain with folks whose continued existence is of no importance and whose reliability approaches that of the Palestinians.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-27 00:37|| 2007-03-27 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 And it has done so much good.
(saying sarcasm here is redundant)

Posted by Unique Battle 2007-03-27 11:53|| 2007-03-27 11:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Verlaine,

2007 we've actually split up the Sunni anti-coalition block to a measurable degree.

To date a portion of al An-Bar's sheiks and tribal chiefs have come over and are fighting al Qaeda and the die-hard Batthists [in Ramadi for instance]. If you get a chance plz comment.

Posted by RD 2007-03-27 16:40|| 2007-03-27 16:40|| Front Page Top

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