[Right_in_Virginia]

Fox news had a "news alert" stating that the PM of Iraq has presented a "Reconciliation Act" that includes a timetable for US troop withdrawal.

Did I hear that right?

[Miss Marple]

I am not sure. I heard it too but they were also talking about the leaked story about General Casey's comments and although I think that is what they said, I could have been confused.

Chuck Norris on Fox and Friends now.

[mathluv]

I often hit mute, even for Fox, so I did not hear that. I did hear them talking about amnesty for some of the people.

[MNJohnnie]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200874,00.html


BAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday offered an olive branch to insurgents who join in rebuilding Iraq and said lawmakers should set a timeline for the Iraqi military and police to take control of security throughout the country.

The prime minister made no mention of any timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in a 24-point national reconciliation plan he presented to parliament.

CountryWatch: Iraq

The plan would include an amnesty for insurgents and opposition figures who have not been involved in terrorist activities. Al-Maliki stressed that insurgent killers would not escape justice.

"The launch of this national reconciliation initiative should not be read as a reward for the killers and criminals or acceptance of their actions," he said. "There can be no agreement with them unless they face the justice."

In violence on Sunday, six people were killed after a parcel blew up in a main market in Baghdad and two more died when a bomb went off in a minbus in the east of the capital, police said. At least 22 people were wounded.

A former military officer, meanwhile, was gunned down outside his home in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, according to police Col. Abdul-Karim Ahmed.