Iraqi "Leaders" Divided Over The Surge Plan!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_which_way

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi leaders are no less divided than America's when it comes to the way forward in Iraq, with sharp disagreements emerging on key issues — especially the idea of "surging" or increasing U.S. troops in Baghdad in the short term.

The discord is likely to complicate U.S. efforts to develop a new approach to an increasingly unpopular war. President Bush has promised to announce his plans next month after the bipartisan Iraq Study Group recommended changes to reverse the "slide toward chaos," and after Bush also got separate recommendations from military officials and other advisers.

It is unclear what Bush will decide. But key Iraqi figures have spoken out against several recommendations either floated by Washington military and political officials or contained in the study group report.

The biggest fight could be over an idea that seems to be gaining currency in the United States: Increasing the number of American troops in Baghdad — at least in the short term — in a major bid to suppress sectarian militias. U.S. officials consider the militias a greater threat to Iraq's fragile government than the Sunni Arab insurgents.