Wash Times: Sunnis ready to cooperate with the U.S.
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Yet more delicious irony as people continue to feed the Bush is a Buffoon troll (ya know, I wish that some people would learn to answer in their own articles, rather than continuing to feed the troll in his, but apparently some folks a bit too slow on the uptake and just wish to keep arguing with the automaton no matter what), and the troll continues to bash all things Bush, that we have the following news article in the Washington Times today.
I'd encourage some folks to read this slowly. This is important news. Where we could be reading more bashing articles on how the situation in Iraq is deteorating, it is instead improving. The last group of political holdouts is seeing the light and realizing that cooperating with the U.S. is a much better way to achieve their goals than continuing the use of insurgent tactics.
In anycase, please see original article for complete story. Snippet included below.
Sunnis ready to cooperate with U.S.
By Paul Martin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 18, 2005
AMMAN, Jordan -- Key Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq's violent Anbar province have concluded that their interests lie in cooperating with the United States, and they are seeking to extend a temporary truce honored by most insurgent groups for last week's elections.
But at the same time, they are demanding specific steps by the U.S. military, including a reduction in military raids and an increase in development projects for their vast desert province that stretches from the edge of Baghdad to the Syrian and Jordanian borders.
Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of a prominent Sunni bloc, confirmed yesterday that insurgent groups had prevented violence from interfering with Thursday's election for a 275-seat parliament.
His comments yesterday on a cease-fire deal -- first reported in The Washington Times on the day Iraqis voted -- provided the first public explanation for the sharp drop in violence last week.
"The resistance announced it would protect polling stations and would not allow a single group to attack them, and it respected its promise.
"We thank them in the name of the Iraqi Accordance Front," Mr. al-Dulaimi told reporters in Baghdad, referring to the electoral bloc he leads.
The truce resulted from weeks of negotiations between U.S. officials and insurgents that have been recently labeled by President Bush as "rejectionists."
Mr. Bush also referred to other insurgent troops as "terrorists" and "Saddamists," with whom U.S. officials in Baghdad say they will not meet.
A prominent Sunni religious leader in Anbar province, Sheik Abed al-Latif Hemaiym, told The Times in an interview in Amman that Sunnis were prepared to work with the Americans.
"We now believe we must get on good terms with the Americans," Sheik Hemaiym said. "As Arab Sunnis, we believe that within this hot area of Iraq, facing challenges from neighboring nations who want to swallow us, especially the Iranians, we feel we have no alternative."
... more at linked article
Oh, btw, I'm predicting right now that the story in this article will somehow get spun into a "Bush negotiates with terrorists" article by the automaton or his counterparts. Even Stevie Wonder could an articlie like that coming from that camp."
I'd encourage some folks to read this slowly. This is important news. Where we could be reading more bashing articles on how the situation in Iraq is deteorating, it is instead improving. The last group of political holdouts is seeing the light and realizing that cooperating with the U.S. is a much better way to achieve their goals than continuing the use of insurgent tactics.
In anycase, please see original article for complete story. Snippet included below.
Sunnis ready to cooperate with U.S.
By Paul Martin
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 18, 2005
AMMAN, Jordan -- Key Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq's violent Anbar province have concluded that their interests lie in cooperating with the United States, and they are seeking to extend a temporary truce honored by most insurgent groups for last week's elections.
But at the same time, they are demanding specific steps by the U.S. military, including a reduction in military raids and an increase in development projects for their vast desert province that stretches from the edge of Baghdad to the Syrian and Jordanian borders.
Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of a prominent Sunni bloc, confirmed yesterday that insurgent groups had prevented violence from interfering with Thursday's election for a 275-seat parliament.
His comments yesterday on a cease-fire deal -- first reported in The Washington Times on the day Iraqis voted -- provided the first public explanation for the sharp drop in violence last week.
"The resistance announced it would protect polling stations and would not allow a single group to attack them, and it respected its promise.
"We thank them in the name of the Iraqi Accordance Front," Mr. al-Dulaimi told reporters in Baghdad, referring to the electoral bloc he leads.
The truce resulted from weeks of negotiations between U.S. officials and insurgents that have been recently labeled by President Bush as "rejectionists."
Mr. Bush also referred to other insurgent troops as "terrorists" and "Saddamists," with whom U.S. officials in Baghdad say they will not meet.
A prominent Sunni religious leader in Anbar province, Sheik Abed al-Latif Hemaiym, told The Times in an interview in Amman that Sunnis were prepared to work with the Americans.
"We now believe we must get on good terms with the Americans," Sheik Hemaiym said. "As Arab Sunnis, we believe that within this hot area of Iraq, facing challenges from neighboring nations who want to swallow us, especially the Iranians, we feel we have no alternative."
... more at linked article
Oh, btw, I'm predicting right now that the story in this article will somehow get spun into a "Bush negotiates with terrorists" article by the automaton or his counterparts. Even Stevie Wonder could an articlie like that coming from that camp."
