Iraq insurgents want U.S. out in 2 years

[sabra]

http://www.localnewsleader.com/kindred/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=198675

Iraq insurgents want U.S. out in 2 years

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents are demanding the withdrawal of all U.S. and British forces from Iraq within two years as a condition for joining reconciliation talks, a senior Iraqi government official said Wednesday.

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Iraqi government officials involved with the contacts with insurgents told The Associated Press that several militant groups sent delegates from their regions and tribes to speak on their behalf.

The official said the insurgents have demanded a two-year "timetable for withdrawal" in return for joining Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki‘s bid for national reconciliation.

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Key Iraqi lawmakers have said that seven insurgent groups — not including al-Qaida or Islamic terror groups but mostly made up of former members or backers of Saddam Hussein ‘s ousted regime — had offered the government a conditional truce.

[Nickster]

1. Hold on. 2006+2 years.......wait, that's 2008, what an interesting

timetable to pick.

[ThomCat]

2. Yeah, right.

They want us to wait 2 years before leaving. right. :eyes:

No, dumb ass. It's the pro-american factions that want us out within 2 years. (I'm not referring to you, Sabra. :))

[Terran1212]

20. I think the insurgents are trying to be realistic

They know immediate withdrawal demands will be met with silence.

[ShockediSay]

3. I'd agree; even sooner would be better

than later

MURTHA WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!!!

[INDIA]

11. Not quite "ALL ALONG"

he voted for war in the first place.

[endarkenment]

4. I do not believe that at all.

Two years? 30 days I would believe, not two years. That story is bullshit on the face of it.

[Ezlivin]

5. Talk to South Korea, Japan, Germany and many others

I'm sure they'd assure you that they too want U.S. out in 2 years.

[AValdoux]

6. Now wait a minute

We can't have a debate in our Congress about a time table, but "insurgents" who are firing on our troops as we speak can demand one. Talk about surrendering.

AValdoux

[maxrandb]

7. We Don't Negotiate with Terrorists

I don't give a shit that you want us to stick around for two more years....We're pulling our "effing" troops out now!!!

[babylonsister]

16. Except when it's in our best interests. I seem to recall

the recent amnesty issue for terrorists rearing its ugly head. Would that not be negotiating with terrorists?

[smoogatz]

8. AP: Iraq insurgents offer to stop attacks

By STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers 10 minutes ago


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered to halt attacks on the U.S.-led military if the Iraqi government and President Bush set a two-year timetable for withdrawing all foreign troops from the country, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.


The demand is part of a broad offer from the groups, who operate north of Baghdad in the heavily Sunni Arab provinces of Salahuddin and Diyala. Although much of the fighting has been to the west, those provinces have become increasingly violent and the attacks there have regularly crippled oil and commerce routes.


The groups do not include the powerful Islamic Army in Iraq, Muhammad Army and the Mujahedeen Shura Council, the umbrella label for eight militant groups including al-Qaida in Iraq. But the new offer comes at a time when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government is reaching out to militant Sunnis, including a new amnesty plan for insurgent fighters.


Al-Maliki, in remarks broadcast on national television Wednesday, did not issue an outright rejection of the timetable demand but said it was unrealistic because he could not be certain when the Iraqi army and police would be strong enough to assume full responsibility for the country's security.


A bit more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_insurgent_offer;_ylt=Auzuo7uPqLCBqkf9wtGdnJ2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[Jack from Charlotte]

9. Is The AWOL/moron dumb enough to turn this down? Afterall,....

all you have to do is .... SAY... you want this deal and set a timetable. If the fighting continues we are in the same place we are now.

So let us see how stupid this moron is. He's made every wrong decision anyone could make already.

[babylonsister]

10. Ooh, between a rock and a hard spot? Do they want war

or do they want peace? If it's peace, now's the time to prove it. Two years seems a sufficient amount of time for the Iraqis to get their ducks in a row.

[mike923]

12. The scary thing is....

what if they do achieve peace?

[smoogatz]

14. I don't get it--

why would it be scary if "they achieved peace"? Why wouldn't peace be a good thing?

[mike923]

17. If there is lasting peace in Iraq, what does that do to Bush's legacy?

[smoogatz]

19. If people shit quarters, would we still need slot machines?

The more revealing question is, if suddenly ALL the insurgents--as opposed to a few factions in one region of Iraq--offered to stop blowing shit up in exchange for a quick, complete and permanent exit by American troops, would Bush take them up on it? My guess is that he'd find numerous (and entirely bogus) rationales for refusing to do so, because the real reason we're there isn't about the insurgency, inconvenient as all those car bombs are. It's about the oil. If we were really serious about invading a country with WMD's and an evil dictator in order to make America more secure and bring God's gift of liberty to an oppressed people, we'd have invaded North Korea or Iran. No?

[Art_from_Ark]

25. How about Pakistan?

They've got a dictator and proven nukes, unlike Kim Jong-il who just claims he has them

[smoogatz]

26. Right. And they've been selling nuke technology to the highest

bidding Islamicist. And harboring the terrorists who knocked down the WTC.

[babylonsister]

15. Peace would be just fine with me; no more bloodshed of

Americans, coalition forces, or Iraqis is what my ultimate dream is made of.

[Disturbed]

13. If the Insurgency stopped attacks on the US/UK

Troops and Mercs, also other Iraqis, why would the US need 130K Troops plus 20K Mercs in Iraq? Seems that only the al Q Faction would be needed to be rooted out.

[Breeze54]

24. The difference in titles is amazing.

#1.) Insurgents are demanding the withdrawal of all U.S. and British forces from Iraq within two years...

#2.) Iraq insurgents offer to stop attacks

The second one is the one that caught my eye. I didn't see the first until I did a search here at DU.
Sounds like a great offer, if in fact it is an offer but it doesn't include:

"The groups do not include the powerful Islamic Army in Iraq, Muhammad Army and the Mujahedeen
Shura Council, the umbrella label for eight militant groups including al-Qaida in Iraq."

I seriously doubt bush and criminal's INC. will go for this. Maybe they planted this story?

If they are really willing to stop attacking, I say that's a good thing but I'll believe it when it stops!

:shrug:

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Hah. We don't cut and run. *W* says he'll do as he sees fit

Take that, you ignorant insurgent fool.

[Xenotime]

21. You mean Iraqi "patriots"

[ktlyon]

22. Could Bush and the neocons give up permanent bases

or are they ready to end and pull out?

[MrSlayer]

23. See! The Democrats and the "terrorists" are on the same side!

How convenient that they are calling for a time line. This story stinks all the way up to Olympus.