[cia-drugs] Fwd: "US in secret truce talks with insurgency chiefs," UK Sunday Times, 10/22/06

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Begin forwarded message: From: "Sam H. Clauder II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: October 22, 2006 9:09:44 AM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "US in secret truce talks with insurgency chiefs," UK Sunday Times, 10/22/06 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/global/ US in secret truce talks with insurgency chiefs by Marie Colvin The Sunday Times, United Kingdom, October 22, 2006 AMERICAN officials held secret talks with leaders of the Iraqi insurgency last week after admitting that their two-month clampdown on violence in Baghdad had failed. Few details of the discussions in the Jordanian capital Amman have emerged but an Iraqi source close to the negotiations said the participants had met for at least two days. They included members of the Islamic Army in Iraq, one of the main Sunni militias behind the insurgency, and American government representatives. The talks were described as “feeler” discussions. The US officials were exploring ways of persuading the Sunni groups to stop attacks on allied forces and to end a cycle of increasingly bloody sectarian clashes with members of the majority Shi’ite groups. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2415692,00.html -- Sam H. Clauder II P.O. Box 50, PMB 156 (mail) 28200 Hwy 189, N-100 (deliveries) Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352-0050 909-338-8215 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___ =