Posted on 03/25/2005 2:41:17 PM PST by anymouse
Many of Iraq's predominantly Sunni Arab insurgents would lay down their arms and join the political process in exchange for guarantees of their safety and that of their co-religionists, according to a prominent Sunni politician.
Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, who heads Iraq's main monarchist movement and is in contact with guerrilla leaders, said many insurgents including former officials of the ruling Ba'ath party, army officers, and Islamists have been searching for a way to end their campaign against US troops and Iraqi government forces since the January 30 election.
“Firstly, they want to ensure their own security,” says Sharif Ali, who last week hosted a pan-Sunni conference attended by tribal sheikhs and other local leaders speaking on behalf of the insurgents.
Insurgent leaders fear coming out into the open to talk for fear of being targeted by US military or Iraqi security forces' raids, he said.
Sharif Ali distinguishes many Sunni insurgents, whom he says took up arms in reaction to the invasive raids in search of Ba'athist leaders and other “humiliations” soon after the 2003 war, from the radical jihadist branch associated with Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Unlike Mr Zarqawi's followers, who are thought to be responsible for the big suicide bomb attacks on Iraqi civilian targets, the other Sunni insurgents are more likely to plant bombs and carry out ambushes against security forces and US troops active near their homes.
Sharif Ali said the success of Iraq's elections dealt the insurgents a demoralising blow, prompting them to consider the need to enter the political process.
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Here's their exit strategy (Warning-Not for kiddos)
So the Insurgents who tried to attack a shop keeper was attacked by angry Iraqis fed up with them. Best way to deal with them is to let them dance at the end of a rope for their crimes. Murdering Iraqi children should be rewarded? Thats nuts, being tough with them sure has changed their tune huh?
The democrat party and MSM is heartbroken and irate that their allies are considering stopping their attacks.
As has been noted before, the last thing you do with terrorists is give them a pause, call a cease-fire, sign a peace / amnesty agreement.
They just regroup, rearm, find new followers and find another safe haven.
The way to stop terrorists is to take them out one-by-one until they give up on their own forever. Dead ones give up easier than live ones.
LOL...great one for Friday afternoon!!
Your right on target...
"Sharif Ali said the SUCCESS of Iraq's elections dealt the insurgents a demoralising blow, prompting them to consider the need to enter the PEACE process, before (ALL of them are dead.)"
Tee-Hee! The libs must be tying themselves in knots over this!
Oh, and..."It's Bush's Fault." ;)
Thanks, anymouse. Ping to friends.
These bastards should be offered amnesty only if they turn in one foreign terrorist on their way in the door. Otherwise, they should be hunted down and bayonetted.
Sunken "Mister Sunshine" Civ
aw poor fellas....I think it is time they put their panties on their heads and walk over to Abu Ghraib for some "treatment".....then the press can go nuts over them calling them abused and mistreated instead of the scum they are.
Ping
See your nearest Marine.
Another thread started here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1370852/posts?page=1
Kill them first. Then negotiate.
Ping
It may take a couple of threads to fully explain to them all the exit strategies that are now present for them to participate. The US Military has been very generous in giving them many options to select from.
Thanks Wiz.
I seem to recall the Afghan government recently making a similar deal with some Taliban enemies. The possibility of ending much of the conflict in Iraq by giving immunity to some Sunnis isn't necessarily ridiculous.
That idea is ridiculous - no immunity for the terrorists.
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