Insurgent amnesty proposed in Iraq

[Jon8503]

By César G. Soriano, USA TODAY
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called Sunday for amnesty for some insurgents as part of a national reconciliation plan and said lawmakers should set a timeline for Iraqi forces to take control of security.
Al-Maliki did not mention a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.

Senate Democrats in Washington blasted Republicans after a New York Times report that the Bush administration plans to sharply reduce U.S. troops by the end of 2007. According to the report, as many as 7,000 of the 127,000 U.S. troops in Iraq would leave by September, two months before the 2006 midterm elections.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said the Times report raised questions about why Senate Republicans voted last week against Democratic proposals to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq this year. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and other GOP leaders called such proposals "cutting and running."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-06-25-insurgents_x.htm

[MikeNearMcChord]

1. Why would an insurgent take up this amnesty, as long

as US troops are stationed in Iraq? Kick the US out, then propose an amnesty to rebuild this country.