Posted on 08/15/2004 1:27:35 AM PDT by familyop
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Talks aimed at persuading the rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to withdraw from Najaf collapsed yesterday, paving the way for a resumption of the bloody battle for control of the city.
Iraq's national-security adviser, Muwaffak al-Rubaie, said he was "overcome with deep sorrow" by the failure of the negotiations, launched late last week in a bid to avert a potentially explosive showdown between al-Sadr's black-clad militia fighters and the joint U.S.-Iraqi force ringing the ancient city.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Foxnews has just said there have been several explosions near the place in Baghdad where those discussions are going on.
About time.
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