Islamic Army in Iraq Denies Alleged Negotiations with American Officials

[Roland99]

http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications61405&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

The Islamic Army in Iraq, in a statement issued yesterday, June 26, 2005, denies allegations that members of its group have been negotiating with American military officials, and outlines several points concerning these “lies… to break the unity of the mujahideen and confuse them.”

Among their points, the group maintains that collaboration between American officials and the Iraqi government that “want to sell jihad and the mujahideen and their blood and large sacrifices in exchange for little benefits which Americans grant them,” is a “trick” to destabilize the insurgency groups. Any unauthorized “official work” or impersonation of the Islamic Army’s leadership, according to the statement, “will be duly punished.”

Further, the statement indicates that another purported American goal is to distinguish between Iraqi and foreign mujahideen; however, the group avers that: “all Jews and Christians in the whole world are not worth one drop of blood of a Muslim, Iraqi or not Iraqi.”

[Swede Atlanta]

1. Of course they will deny

That has to be part of the quid pro quo. They must deny that the U.S. is negotiating with any terrorists. That would be set out as a pre-condition to any discussions. So the fact they are denying any such communications doesn't hold much water.

[Roland99]

2. Now the Pentagon is trying to play it down

http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3526355

[Roland99]

3. Rumsfeld says violence is ok. Wow.

Insurgent Talks Said to Yield Little
Discussions Aimed at Sunni Political Involvement, General Says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/27/AR2005062701482_pf.html

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his top general in Iraq said yesterday that U.S. military attempts to initiate discussions with Iraqi leaders who claim to hold sway within the insurgency are in the early stages and have not yet yielded much progress.

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"Success for the coalition should not be defined as domestic tranquility in Iraq," Rumsfeld said. "Other democracies have had to contend with terrorism and insurgencies for a number of years, but they've been able to function and eventually succeed."

Casey said insurgents have not been able to derail the political and economic development in Iraq nor have they been able to secure a wide base of support among the population. But over the past seven weeks, there has been a consistent level of 450 to 500 insurgent attacks each week, Casey said, noting a shift from strategic attacks to suicide car bombs that are "strictly a weapon of terror."

Though staying away from specific estimates, Casey said the Iraqi insurgency includes less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the Iraqi population, aided by foreign fighters who continue to slip across the border with Syria.

:wtf:

1/10 of 1% = 25,000 Iraqis!!!

Hell, there's half that in Abu Ghraib alone!

These people are batshit insane!