Key insurgents vow to reject Iraq peace plan

[spindrifter]

The Sunday Times June 25, 2006
Ali Rifat and Hala Jaber, Baghdad



IRAQ’S main insurgent groups intend to reject a peace plan that Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, will present today in an attempt to halt the country’s spiral of violence.

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The prime minister is believed to be ready to offer the Iraqi insurgent groups inclusion in the political process and an amnesty for prisoners who renounce violence and give up their weapons.

His package of measures is also reported to include the promise of a United Nations- approved timetable for withdrawing the coalition forces and action to curb Shi’ite death squads.

Representatives of 11 Iraqi insurgent groups told The Sunday Times yesterday that they would reject the peace offer because they did not recognise the legitimacy of the government.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2242602,00.html

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Why are the insurgents rejecting the offer? Apparently, all is not what it might be--the negotiators are from small groups, rather than representative of the main players.

[Halliburton]

1. because the government has no authority

they are hunkered down in the green zone cut off from the outside.