Brahimi Urges Reconciliation Dialogue Between Iraqi Insurgents and U.S.

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U.N. Envoy Brahimi Urges Reconciliation Dialogue With Anti-American Insurgents, Hints at U.S. Pressure

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.N. envoy urged Iraqis on Wednesday to accept the new interim government he helped put together, and called for a dialogue with "patriotic" elements of the anti-American insurgency - a departure from U.S. policy.

The envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, also acknowledged a strong American hand in shaping the new government, which held its first meeting Wednesday under Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a CIA-backed Shiite politician.

Popular reaction to the new government was mixed. Some Iraqis said the new Cabinet was no different from the U.S.-picked Governing Council that dissolved itself Tuesday. Others said it was full of politicians who lived too long in exile and were out of touch with their homeland.

"We were hoping that the Americans would exercise some of the democratic practices they preach," university lecturer Adnan Ahmed, 49, said. "But we know now that they were just glamorous slogans."

more...Sounds like the Chimp wants to make nice with the terrorists er, ah, insurgents now?

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