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2006/10/22

U.S. Negotiating Amnesty for Iraqi Insurgents

@ 07:45 PM (22 months, 8 days ago)

So now the Bush Administration wants to provide amnesty to those who have killed our troops, WHILE our troops are still fighting in Iraq.

From the Times Online (UK):

AMERICAN forces are negotiating an amnesty with Sunni insurgents in Iraq to try to defuse the nascent civil war and pave the way for disarmament of Shia militias, The Times has learnt.

The tactic marks a dramatic reversal of policy by the US military, which blocked attempts to pardon insurgents with American blood on their hands after handing over sovereignty to a secular Iraqi Government in June 2004.

The U-turn comes amid the bloodiest fighting for two years and growing domestic opposition to the war as Americans prepare to vote in crucial midterm elections.

Even as President Bush convened emergency talks with his generals and national security advisers to review strategy in Iraq, commanders on the ground were negotiating a peace deal. Observers expect leaders of the Sunni insurgency to join a peace conference early next month.

Entire article located at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2417143,00.html

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