Monday, May 01, 2006

Iraq's President Says Deal With Insurgents Is Possible - Los Angeles Times

Iraq's President Says Deal With Insurgents Is Possible - Los Angeles Times: "I think that it is possible to reach agreements with seven armed organizations which have visited me,' Talabani said, according to a transcript of his remarks.

He did not identify the groups or say when the meetings took place, but he did say that American political officials had been involved.

Bush administration officials have previously acknowledged holding indirect meetings with some of the Iraqi Sunni groups fighting the U.S. occupation.

Talabani, a former Kurdish guerrilla warrior who for years battled former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, did not suggest that a deal would end the violence plaguing Iraq."

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