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| Iraq |
| Shiites, Kurds Walk Out of Iraqi Talks |
| 2005-11-19 |
| Shiite and Kurdish delegates stormed out of an Iraqi reconciliation conference Saturday, halting the effort to patch over ethnic and religious fault lines threatening to drag the country into a full civil war. "They are insulting the Iraqi people and they are insulting the constitution on which several million Iraqis have voted," the senior Iraqi Shiite legislator, Jawad al-Maliki, told reporters, referring to other conference delegates. It was not clear who al-Maliki was referring to, but there is long-standing tension between the groups represented at the conference that began in Cairo on Saturday. Leaders of Iraq's Shiite and Sunni communities declined to attend. "They want the situation in Iraq to go back to the way it used to be so that the mass graves can return," al-Maliki said. Sunni leaders were expected to press ahead with demands that the Shiite-dominated government agree to a timetable for the withdrawal of the foreign troops and drastic amendments to the constitution ratified Oct. 15. They also want to "recognize" the resistance and "rebuild" Saddam Hussein's army in order to bring back his former officers. Shiites and Kurds instead insist that Sunni leaders denounce violence and distance themselves from the insurgency. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 What they have in common - Oil and dangerous neighbors - different neighbors for different groups, but even so. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2005-11-19 23:54 |
| #4 Yes bgrebel9, the 'Resistance' or 'Freedom Fighters'... .. The same band of murders and thugs which Cindy Shithan and Mike Al-moore are actively assisting and want to win. Cindy and Michael should appear in an Iraqi court for accessory to murder.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-11-19 17:00 |
| #3 Exactly what Shia, Sunni, and Kurds have in common (except for the burning desire to kill each other)? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-11-19 15:02 |
| #2 "They also want to "recognize" the resistance" Ohh the "resistance"... the one that killed FIFTY NON-MILITARY CIVILIANS IN IRAQ TODAY????????? The terrorists will burn in hell. |
| Posted by: bgrebel9 2005-11-19 14:34 |
| #1 I wonder if this is more of a message than we can see? The Sunni will not give up on the belief that only they should rule Iraq. That is a dead end but they keep pusing it. The Kurds could also be letting the Shites know that they want no part of an Iraq dominated by Iranian puppets as well. Is this second message also possible? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-11-19 14:32 |