Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq

BarTopDancer · 06-28-2006, 04:52 PM

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks -- including those on American troops -- if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Withdrawal is the centerpiece of a set of demands from the groups, which operate north of Baghdad in the heavily Sunni Arab provinces of Salahuddin and Diyala. Although much of the fighting has been to the west, those provinces are increasingly violent and attacks there have crippled oil and commerce routes.

We can get out in 2 years. Especialy if they quit attacking.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-28-2006, 04:53 PM

Riiiiiight.

Andrew · 06-28-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

We can get out in 2 years.

If they'd give us two years, six months, and 22 days, we might be able to make it work. Otherwise I'm afraid there's not much hope.

Gemini Cricket · 06-28-2006, 05:47 PM

I'd love to believe it.
I'd love to think we'd listen.
I'd love to think it would all stop.
But then I'd be living in a fool's paradise.

(I'm not saying that anyone's a fool here. I just don't think it'll be as simple as that.)

wendybeth · 06-28-2006, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew

If they'd give us two years, six months, and 22 days, we might be able to make it work. Otherwise I'm afraid there's not much hope.

Heh heh....good to have you here, Andrew!

sleepyjeff · 06-28-2006, 06:58 PM

They just want to be able to say they drove the US out of Iraq. Notice they are "giving" us two years? It was a possibility that we would be mostly gone in two years anyway......this way they get to say they won. Kinda like an angry drunk who just got clobbered and finds himself flat on the floor in a bar giving a guy who is putting his coat on an ultimatum to leave or else.

Moonliner · 06-28-2006, 06:59 PM

That would also imply that the "insurgents" are a single unified organization.

I think there is ample proof that is decidedly NOT the case.

Andrew · 06-28-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Notice they are "giving" us two years? It was a possibility that we would be mostly gone in two years anyway.

Surely you're not suggesting that we "cut and run"?

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

That would also imply that the "insurgents" are a single unified organization.

How do you figure?

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Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks

It appears that the groups may have agreed to make this offer, but they are certainly not a single group nor do they operate as one.

tracilicious · 06-28-2006, 07:22 PM

We made love on the living room floor
with the noise in the background from a televised war
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
"If we walk away,they’ll walk away"
But greed is a bottomless pit
And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
If you're still free start runnin' away
'cause we're comin' for ya!

-Bright Eyes

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06-28-2006, 05:47 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I'd love to believe it. I'd love to think we'd listen. I'd love to think it would all stop. But then I'd be living in a fool's paradise. (I'm not saying that anyone's a fool here. I just don't think it'll be as simple as that.)
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	They just want to be able to say they drove the US out of Iraq. Notice they are "giving" us two years? It was a possibility that we would be mostly gone in two years anyway......this way they get to say they won. Kinda like an angry drunk who just got clobbered and finds himself flat on the floor in a bar giving a guy who is putting his coat on an ultimatum to leave or else. __________________ River Guardian-less
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	That would also imply that the "insurgents" are a single unified organization. I think there is ample proof that is decidedly NOT the case. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	We made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background from a televised war And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say "If we walk away,they’ll walk away" But greed is a bottomless pit And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss And the whole world must watch the sad comic display If you're still free start runnin' away 'cause we're comin' for ya! -Bright Eyes __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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