May sadly be all smoke and mirrors ........anyone seen/heard anything else about this today?
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http://uruknet.info/?p=m35603&s1=h1
The Baath denies any negotiation with the Iraqi “government”
August 23, 2007
“The Baath party denied that it is negotiating with the US or with the iraqi “government”.
On August 21, 2007, Al-Hayat reported that the leader of the Baath party, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, decided to join efforts by the Iraqi authorities to fight al-Qaeda.
Al-Hayat quoted a party’s former top officials, Abu Wisam al-Jashaam, as saying : “Al- Duri has decided to cease coordination with al-Qa’ida, and join a project of national resistance which will bear arms against al-Qa’ida and launch a dialogue with the government and foreign forces.” According to the London-based pan-Arab paper, in return, for cooperating in the fight against al-Qaeda, al-Douri would have asked for guarantees over his men’s safety and for an end to Iraqi army attacks on his militias.
In a statement posted on Albasrah.net, the Baath party strongly denies the content of the report published by Al-Hayat .
The Baath party says that “Al-Hayat’s article “ contains blatant lies” and reaffirms that rejects again any negotiation with the US unless based on its announced condition. The Baath party’s statement adds that al-Hayat article is part of a campaign to split the resistance and to confuse people.”
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Prayers for our incredible troops.
It suggests to me that the truth is somewhere in the middle: it probably indicates that there are factions within the Baathist wing that are willing to end their insurgency, but that there are others who are justifiably nervous about the possibility that things won't turn out well for them if they do go along with it.
Overall, I still think it's a positive development.
It stunk like taqiyya from the git.......it was designed to fan the flames in iraq by POing the shia.
I don't know about that, but I do know that a lot of former Ba'athists have already renounced al Qaeda and have joined the coalition in fighting the terrorists.
The tribal leaders in Anbar Province started the wave earlier this year and places like Fallujah and Ramadi have calmed down considerably.
Some of the more violent districts in Baghdad have experienced the same. People have become weary of terrorism and the propaganda that was supporting it.
Expect to see an increase in negative press as Iraq continues to settle down. It's just the desperate cries of the defeated.
Debunked?
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070818/43/6jm2y.html
How to catch a rabbit maybe? I posted ths early am on a couple of other threads.
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/08/bad-news-for-dems-baathists-leader-al.html
Additional concerns on it’s accuracy. FWIW, My opinion...intentional disinformation.