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Before some will go hysteric over this you must understand the following. In the Arab language it is very easy to twist and play with words so when they talk about the so called “resistance” in this communiqué it does not mean at all that they have legitimized the attacks against of our troops, the Iraqi forces, and other coalition troops. It was just a three words statement in 5 page long document that says the people have the right for resistance. There were much more statements in the communique that condemn terrorism and basically declare the insurgent groups as terrorists. In fact the important part of the communiqué states that the future Iraqi governments will put a schedule for the withdrawal of foreign troops in conjunction and with the conditions of the build up and “capability” of the Iraqi security forces to take over and establish peace and security in Iraq. This is exactly what President Bush has been saying for a long time, i.e. when the Iraqi forces stand up we will stand down.