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Iraqi Leaders Call for Military Exit Schedule
ap via foxnews.com ^ | November 22, 2005

Posted on 11/22/2005 5:24:24 AM PST by paudio

CAIRO, Egypt — Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition had a "legitimate right" of resistance.

The final communique, hammered out at the end of three days of negotiations at a preparatory reconciliation conference under the auspices of the Arab League, condemned terrorism, but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists if their operations do not target innocent civilians or institutions designed to provide for the welfare of Iraqi citizens.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; oif; timetable
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To: paudio

The Arab League? You mean the royal order of despots.


101 posted on 11/22/2005 7:25:51 AM PST by kinghorse
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To: paudio
Sounds like a plan.
102 posted on 11/22/2005 7:26:15 AM PST by b4its2late (GITMO is way too nice of a place to house low life terrorists.)
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To: Steel Wolf
The media can try and spin it as a retreat

I suspect they are more likely to spin it as the local Iraqi population giving a vote of confidence to Murtha. 'Republicans shut down Democratic efforts to end unjust war; Iraqi's call for withdrawal'. Even Fox headlined the call for a timetable which is a direct political slap in the administrations face. The media and the dims could easily play this as "legitimate resistance", albeit political in nature, to the jack-boot, neocon, imperialist, war for oil and haliburton, poorly planned, fraudulent, illegal, torturous, unilateral, fascist attempt at world hegemony by the republicans.

The non-terrorist Iraqi population has been summarily ignored by the media throughout their doom and gloom reporting. Lets see if the media suddenly insists on hearing the voice of the people now that they've found quotable "representatives" who are providing "withdrawal timetable" headlines.

103 posted on 11/22/2005 7:26:16 AM PST by cdrw (Freedom and responsibility are inseparable)
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To: cvq3842

LOL! They got the question-we got the answer- They are in jeapordy.


104 posted on 11/22/2005 7:28:30 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Okay, bring our troops home. But don't feign suprise when the terrorists tag along.)
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To: George W. Bush
Indeed I am not. My real point, maybe I'm too abstract, is that we need to make clear that this communique gets used as toilet paper by our military. "Militants = terrorists, and there should be no gray area concerning this point. This is a change in stance on the part of Iraqi officials including their President that must be corrected like yesterday. If the Iraqi Government sanctions this wrong thinking, then let the A-Holes fight it out, and we go back in when the shooting is done. I'm also ready for a frigging refund on all the money we spent to liberate these ungrateful basturds!
105 posted on 11/22/2005 7:31:12 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: paudio

Who are the "leaders" mentioned and who do they represent? Why were they meeting in Cairo? Let's get the facts before we jump to conclusions.


106 posted on 11/22/2005 7:33:21 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: paudio

The leaders of Iraq need some semblence of acceptance from surrounding states. In these meetings I'm sure they got an ear full. There are parts of this announcement that I do not like at all. Still, reality does force some comments at times that will pacify the regional naysayers.

The part about the terrorists not being called terrorists if they just target U.S. troops is completely unacceptable to me.

The terrorists do not adhere to Geneva Convention standards and basicly tumb their noses at any idea of conducting their actions by acceptable international standards. The left takes the U.S. to task if there's a hint of impropriety, but never addresses the butchery conducted by the terrorists. Why is that?

Why would anyone consider them not to be terrorists at any time?

No sale there...


107 posted on 11/22/2005 7:34:19 AM PST by DoughtyOne (MSM: Public support for war waining. 403/3 House vote against pullout vaporizes another lie.)
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To: cdrw
"Even Fox headlined the call for a timetable which is a direct political slap in the administrations face."

A great point, and one that I have been unable to make clear to others.

108 posted on 11/22/2005 7:36:44 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: Rennes Templar

""... insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists if their operations do not target innocent civilians or institutions designed to provide for the welfare of Iraqi citizens."

It's true. If ONLY military targets are attacked, they are not terrorists. But that's not the case.


109 posted on 11/22/2005 7:37:54 AM PST by elfman2
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To: Jeff Head
I have serious doubts about this report.

So do I

110 posted on 11/22/2005 7:38:25 AM PST by Mo1 (Message to Democrats .... We do not surrender and run from a fight !!)
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To: conservativecorner

I do not think it is worth making a discussion with you. keep you knee jerk reaction going on.


111 posted on 11/22/2005 7:41:17 AM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: jveritas

LOL! Boy I have been waiting for a reply, and you take my breath away with your intellect. END SARCASM!


112 posted on 11/22/2005 7:42:33 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: conservativecorner

So you are saying that the Iraqi government is saying it is OK for the terrorists to target the Iraqi security forces since the communique does not say to terrorists “do not target Iraqi forces”. You are making your own dumb conclusions and believing the liberal media spin on this.


113 posted on 11/22/2005 7:48:25 AM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: jveritas

What? LOL!


114 posted on 11/22/2005 7:49:07 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: cdrw

Who needs to "spin" this at all? It says fighting our soldiers is legitimate resistance, doesn't it? No member of US Congress or MSNBC put that language in there.


115 posted on 11/22/2005 7:49:58 AM PST by notigar
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To: conservativecorner

The group meeting in Cairo had no representatives from the current Iraqi government. Fact.


116 posted on 11/22/2005 7:52:10 AM PST by Sundog (cheers)
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To: Sundog

So the Iraqi President is what, a dog catcher from a small province?


117 posted on 11/22/2005 7:53:22 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: DoughtyOne

Some Iraqi delegates are the ones saying they aren't terrorists. I'd say that's more important than a lefty saying it.


118 posted on 11/22/2005 8:03:29 AM PST by notigar
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To: backhoe

Seen this? Surprised?


119 posted on 11/22/2005 8:04:31 AM PST by houeto (Mr. President, close our borders now!)
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To: thelastvirgil
No, this is their way of saying "We're going to settle a lot of scores as soon as its just us and the Sunnis."

Which may not be so bad.

120 posted on 11/22/2005 8:05:12 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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