Fallujah Delegation Suspends Peace Talks

[DuctapeFatwa]

A delegation from the insurgent stronghold Fallujah suspended peace talks with the government Thursday because of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's "impossible" demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the city spokesman said.

Allawi warned Wednesday that Fallujah must surrender al-Zarqawi and other foreign fighters or face military attack.

Abu Asaad, spokesman for the religious council of Fallujah, said that "handing over al-Zarqawi" was an "impossible condition" since even the Americans were unable to catch him.

"Since we exhausted all peaceful solutions, the city is now ready to bear arms and defend its religion and honor and it's not afraid of Allawi's statements," Asaad said in a live interview with Al-Jazeera television.

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2004/10/14/ap/headlines/d85nbdn00.txt

[livinbella]

1. prelude to a massacre

Time to ready the RPGs, satan is about to bear down
on innocent Iraqis.

[joanski01]

2. You are absolutely correct.

I was so afraid of this. But how else will the neocons get control of the oil? God help us all.

[takumi]

3. Why Don't They Send In their Sugar Daddy (Bush)?

[hatrack]

4. And did I mention that Ramadan starts tomorrow night?

How auspicious - NOT.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Fallujah will probably fall silent and the insurgents will disappear

to fight another day on their terms when the US turns it's back. Nothing new here.

[Darranar]

6. A nice excuse to pretend that peaceful measures were exhausted...

issue demands that can't be complied with, then attack.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Supposedly, CNN just announced

that the US has launched another major offensive against Falluja. That was quick?