Talks with radicals called key to ending violence

U.S. must negotiate with insurgents and militias, experts say

As President Bush prepares this week to announce a new plan for the war in Iraq, doubts are growing in Baghdad and among some international analysts over whether U.S. attempts to reconcile Iraq's warring factions are excluding the very people who need reconciling -- the Sunni-led insurgents and their archenemies, the Shiite militias. Full Story »

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Paul de Villers
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by Paul de Villers - Oct. 1, 2008

This article is an attempt to give the views of insurgents in Irak, with a limited possibility to explicit the relative importance and strength of the opinions expressed in the population, and of those who express. Finally, although it brings some good material for thought, it hardly leads to some efficient policy.

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