Iraqi Experts Urge Political Solution to Insurgency Urge

Professor Fahmy says the people of Iraq are suffering after 35 years of brutal dictatorship. He says the interim government should work to address the pain of the Iraqi people by promoting the establishment of a multi-party system that does not include, what he calls, the 'expatriates' currently in power. He says the government must provide job opportunities for the impoverished people of Iraq. And, he says the interim government must learn to listen to the views of all Iraqis, even those who have engaged in acts of resistance.

But, Baghdad University professor of international studies Abjed Abah Abdullah says the more the government increases its military effort to quash the insurgency, the greater the insurgency seems to grow. He says Iraq's interim prime minister should engage in diplomacy with all Iraqis, except for known terrorist groups like the one headed by wanted militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

"He must not shoot. He must negotiate with the others, whatever they are, except al-Zarqawi group because they are an outsider," Mr. Abdullah said. "They are a stranger, they have ties to al-Qaeda. But, I mean the Iraqi groups, maybe in Fallujah, maybe in Talafar, maybe in Najaf, maybe in Sadr, anyone, any citizen, they must negotiate."

Professor Abdullah says if the Iraqi insurgency is to be quelled, there must be social and economic solutions, not bullets and bombs.

What the F? Do the Experts in Iraq want Kerry to win also? And if the do they are closet Bathists.

Would have to be former batthists to be Profs. Funny how Ivory Tower Intellectuals are the same the world over. "OH the solution to violence isn't greater violence, but a dialog" If I was Allwai, I would take them up on it. Let these as@clowns got to Ziawarri and have a chat. Let's see how there dialog goes when Ziawarri starts sawing off their heads.

2 posted on 10/04/2004 3:22:42 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Vote Bush 2004-We have solutions, not slogans)

he says the interim government must learn to listen to the views of all Iraqis, even those who have engaged in acts of resistance

But, but, but I thought that the interim Iraqi government offered these insurgents amnesty if they dropped their weapons and hadn't participated in wholesale atrocities?

3 posted on 10/04/2004 3:30:34 PM PDT by rocksblues (Sorry John, we remember and will never forget your treason!)

Iraq PING - what is not understood is that Allawi is already talking, not to the hard-core insurgents, but to tribal leaders connected to it... we are doing both the military and the political approach.

4 posted on 10/04/2004 7:41:01 PM PDT by WOSG (George W Bush / Dick Cheney - Right for our Times!)

The best way to get half of these insurgency leaders to the bargaining table is to kill the other half.

5 posted on 10/04/2004 7:42:12 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)

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