Key Sunni Official Urges ParticipationFriday February 16, 2007 9:46 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sunni insurgents who are “honorable and genuine” must
be given the chance to join the political process, Iraq's Sunni vice president
said in an interview published Friday.
Tariq al-Hashemi told the Arabic language daily Al-Hayat that U.S. and Iraqi
representatives must negotiate “with the participation of the resistance”
after “America has failed to run the country.”
Furthermore, al-Hashemi said “the honorable national resistance” must adopt
“a new ideology to manage the crisis.”
Al-Hashemi, leader of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party, has in recent months
criticized Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over his alleged reluctance
to move against Shiite militias linked to sectarian killings.
Shiite leaders have recoiled at the use of the word “resistance”...
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