Iraqi Government to Offer Peace Deal

[kerrygoddess]

Iraqi Government to Offer Peace Deal
June 23rd, 2006 @ 1:27 am

We hate to say we told you so… Contrary to what Dick Cheney and the Republicans say, they really don’t want us there…

The Democrats were right. Senators Kerry and Feingold were right. “Stay the course” was not only wrong, but the Iraqi government wants us out.

The Times UK reports, “THE Iraqi Government will announce a sweeping peace plan as early as Sunday in a last-ditch effort to end the Sunni insurgency that has taken the country to the brink of civil war.”

The 28-point package for national reconciliation will offer Iraqi resistance groups inclusion in the political process and an amnesty for their prisoners if they renounce violence and lay down their arms, The Times can reveal.

The Government will promise a finite, UN-approved timeline for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq; a halt to US operations against insurgent strongholds; an end to human rights violations, including those by coalition troops; and compensation for victims of attacks by terrorists or Iraqi and coalition forces.

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[mike_c]

1. damn, if true, this is keeping Cheney and Rumsfeld up tonight....

No rest for the wicked.

[sandnsea]

2. This is good good news

"THE Iraqi Government will announce a sweeping peace plan as early as Sunday in a last-ditch effort to end the Sunni insurgency that has taken the country to the brink of civil war.
The 28-point package for national reconciliation will offer Iraqi resistance groups inclusion in the political process and an amnesty for their prisoners if they renounce violence and lay down their arms, The Times can reveal."

I kind of thought Democrats were jumping the gun on amnesty, if they really have a peace deal, amnesty has to be part of it. That's just the way it is. I hope this goes forward.

[kerrygoddess]

5. The U.S. MSM has yet to pick this up...

so what else is new! The UK and Europe are always ahead of our news. This should be an interesting weekend...

[ProSense]

3. Finite! Excellent! n/t

[doc mercer]

4. Iraq

Cheney will have a nuke exploded in Iraq to keep things moving forward