Iraqi PM's Top Aide: Insurgents Who Attack US Troops “Will Be Pardoned..."

[gatorboy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402432_pf.html

Iraq Amnesty Plan May Cover Attacks On U.S. Military

BAGHDAD, June 14 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday proposed a limited amnesty to help end the Sunni Arab insurgency as part of a national reconciliation plan that Maliki said would be released within days. The plan is likely to include pardons for those who had attacked only U.S. troops, a top adviser said.

Maliki's declaration of openness to talks with some members of Sunni armed factions, and the prospect of pardons, are concessions that previous, interim governments had avoided. The statements marked the first time a leader from Iraq's governing Shiite religious parties has publicly embraced national reconciliation, welcomed dialogue with armed groups and proposed a limited amnesty.

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Asked about clemency for those who attacked U.S. troops, he said: "That's an area where we can see a green line. There's some sort of preliminary understanding between us and the MNF-I," the U.S.-led Multi-National Force-Iraq, "that there is a patriotic feeling among the Iraqi youth and the belief that those attacks are legitimate acts of resistance and defending their homeland. These people will be pardoned definitely, I believe."

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Is this the part where we start getting smothered with flower petals and chocolate? :shrug:

[wtmusic]

1. legitimate acts of resistance

to an illegitimate occupation? Here's where it starts to get a little thorny...

[acmavm]

2. This is going to stir up the pro-war kill everything that is brown

and moving crowd, isn't it?

[gatorboy]

3. Probably. Mainly because of Right Wing gold fish brains.

Just wait for the flip flop...They'll forget about all of their talk on how well it's going over there and revert back to the good ole "Let's nuke'em" mantra.

[iconoclastic cat]

4. Send this to all Dem congresscritters! Use this in today's debate!

This should be used to flog the Repubs who use the "cut and run" bullshit! Email it to them NOW.

[gatorboy]

5. Perhaps they can suggest that this was part of a deal Bush planned

just before he got the hell out of there...