American Conservative Daily Your daily dose of conservative offsets to combat annoying liberal global whining.

• • Home
  • About ACD
  • Interactive Polls
  • Join/Post
  • Media Relations
  • Quick Start
  • T-shirt Straw Poll
  • Terms Of Use
    • Book Reviews (General):
    • Communication/Email
    • Copyright:
    • Email Use Policy:
    • Moderators
    • Posting Comments
    • Responsibility of Authors:
    • Submission of Material:
    • Syndication:
    • Trolling Defined
• Conservative Shop
• RSS

Political Reconciliation Continues In Iraq

J.J. Jackson* | January 15, 2008 

First liberals complained that there was some political progress in Iraq but no military progress. Then they claimed there was military progress by no political progress. Now what?

Shiite Leaders Urges Outreach to Sunnis
By STEVEN R. HURST – 2 days ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — One of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite political and religious figures on Friday issued a stunning call for the government to set aside differences with Sunni Muslim politicians and entice them back to help lead the country.

The appeal by Ammar al-Hakim, the son and heir-apparent to the head of Iraq’s main Shiite political bloc, sharply increased pressure on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to bring Sunni factions back into the fold as part of Washington-backed efforts at sectarian reconciliation.

It also could push al-Maliki’s government to accelerate steps to integrate armed Sunni groups that have joined the fight against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists. The United States has credited the so-called “Awakening Councils” with helping uproot insurgents and has urged Iraq’s Shiite leadership to reward the new Sunni allies with security force posts.

The Awakening Councils have played a role in a major U.S. offensive launched this week, an operation that included one of the most intense airstrikes of the war.

Well, there is always hope that if we cut and run fast enough the security and military situation will deteriorate and then can go back to plan A.

Contributor's website: http://www.libertyreborn.com




*Content posted by a user may not be completely written by that user. Content from another source is cited in either block quotes, with quotes or with a link to the original material. Content from other sites is posted for commentary and news purposes under fair use. Each user is responsible for their own postings and a particular posting should not be construed as being endorsed by this site or it's owner.