http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_061209090425
Iraq Sunni clerics to boycott reconciliation talks BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's leading Sunni clerics' organization will boycott a national reconciliation conference called by Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to end sectarian bloodletting, it has said. The Muslim Scholars' Association said it had not received an invitation to the meeting, which is to be held on December 16. "The association will not participate in the reconciliation conference as proposed by the government," said Sheikh Mohammed Bashar al-Faidhi, spokesman of the association, arguing that previous talks had failed. "We have seen in the past more than once that the government signs some agreements and later goes back on it," he told AFP Saturday, referring to a peace conference in Cairo last year. "In any case, we have not been invited to the conference," he added. The head of the association, Sheikh Hareth al-Dhari, is currently outside Iraq. The government has opened a criminal investigation against him for allegedly inciting sectarian violence against Iraq's Shiite majority. The conference was first due to take place in early 2006 but had been postponed due to an upsurge in the violence plaguing Iraq. On Friday, officials announced it would take place next week. Iraq's warring Shiite and Sunni communities are locked in brutal tit-for-tat sectarian violence that has left thousands dead since February when a revered Shiite shrine was bombed by Sunni militants. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
