Posted on 10/25/2006 8:25:52 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1725292/posts?page=1
Iraqi Government Plans to Demobilize Illegal Militias
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006 – The Iraqi government has plans to demobilize all illegal militias, including radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s so-called “Mahdi Army,” the senior U.S. diplomat in Iraq said today.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “has agreed to getting rid of the militias,” U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters at a Baghdad news conference.
Illegal militias that commit violence and murder need to be dealt with, Khalilzad said, noting the Iraqi government recognizes that fact.
Maliki wants to demobilize all the militias, including al-Sadr’s, Khalilzad said. Yet, he noted, U.S. officials don’t have direct contact with Sadr, although there is some interaction with some of Sadr’s representatives in the Iraqi Assembly.
Khalilzad said he believes that an integrated, political approach is the best way to try to convince militia leaders to disband their men and stack arms.
However, Maliki doesn’t rule out the use of force to coerce the militias to disband, Khalilzad said. “We will see what happens,” he added.
Khalilzad said he believes the Iraqi government is taking the right path in addressing the militia issue. Iraq’s prime minister is anxious for Iraqis to assume more security roles and responsibilities, to include dealing the problem of militias, the ambassador said.
Meanwhile, U.S., coalition and Iraqi security forces “are actively tracking, targeting, detaining people who are operating in death squads, and their leadership, who are breaking the law,” Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said.
When Iraq’s government zeroes in on the militia issue, then the Iraqi security forces will become the dominant security forces in the country, Casey predicted.
“I think it will happen,” he said.
So you got vulgar! Nice!
That's exactly why I ended up here. I joined in February 2005, and lurked for a long time before that but not a lot. It was during the height of the Schiavo mess... I figured if I lasted through that I'd last through anything.
Go RM!
Just what this country needs, another lying lefty.
What chou wanna bet they say "They're making fun of Parkinson's patients by putting Jesus and healthy folks on their anti-cloning ad... and some even play sports.
Oops, I'm way off topic. Sorry, all!
LOL
Kean wants Rush to get impeached too.
Kean is SO brave! That's courage!
Going to need the Econo-size bag for this evenings Lounge.
Think we better use plastic cups...........
Back at cha
Rush's ego get's in the way of his political analysis sometimes.
WOW, polling must really be showing Kean that he needs to move LEFT to wrap this race up.
Ha, I was just gonna post that Chaffee remark.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
So one can conclude Kean finally grew a pair, unfortunately, they're both on the left.
watching Matthews right now saying" attacking MJ Fox and Pelosi (measuring the drapes) is the desperation of a losing,dying party and it ,of course,won't work"
I feel sick.
We need another, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Mike DeWine, John Warner, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, as well!
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