THE White House has denied the US government has been negotiating in Iraq with "terrorists" and Saddam Hussein loyalists but says it is "reaching out" to those rejecting the political process. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the United States was "not talking" with al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, "other terrorists," or loyalists of ousted president Saddam Hussein. "But part of our strategy, a critical element of our strategy, is to broaden participation in the political process," McClellan told reporters. "We have been reaching out to the rejectionists." Washington wants "rejectionists" to understand that "the way forward is...