Iraq Insurgents Say Election Truce Won't Last
INTERNATIONAL/MIDDLE EAST
COMMENTARY
With a headline like the one above, it makes me wonder if perhaps furloughed Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf is now working for the insurgents. If not, perhaps he got a job with Reuters and approved that headline. I'm not sure what the insurgents have to gain by quelling their attacks. Maybe they were just denied the opportunity to attack?
It's apparent that the insurgents are listening to those in the US calling for a timetable to withdraw. And they have a plan to put into action once they find out when the withdrawal will come.
NEWSLINE
"We want the Americans to pay attention to our political agenda calling for them to withdraw and announce a timetable to withdraw and getting their agents out of power. They will be replaced with national leaders whom we will support."
NEWSBYTE
Iraq insurgents say election truce won't last
FALLUJA, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi secular insurgents and Islamist militants said on Friday they would soon resume attacks on U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies, saying they had only observed an election truce to let fellow Sunni Arabs vote.
TENSION: Telling
GRAVITY: "There are no Americans in Baghdad"
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, Middle East, White House, Iraq, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events
COMMENTARY
With a headline like the one above, it makes me wonder if perhaps furloughed Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf is now working for the insurgents. If not, perhaps he got a job with Reuters and approved that headline. I'm not sure what the insurgents have to gain by quelling their attacks. Maybe they were just denied the opportunity to attack?
It's apparent that the insurgents are listening to those in the US calling for a timetable to withdraw. And they have a plan to put into action once they find out when the withdrawal will come.
NEWSLINE
"We want the Americans to pay attention to our political agenda calling for them to withdraw and announce a timetable to withdraw and getting their agents out of power. They will be replaced with national leaders whom we will support."
NEWSBYTE
Iraq insurgents say election truce won't last
FALLUJA, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi secular insurgents and Islamist militants said on Friday they would soon resume attacks on U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies, saying they had only observed an election truce to let fellow Sunni Arabs vote.
TENSION: Telling
GRAVITY: "There are no Americans in Baghdad"
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, Middle East, White House, Iraq, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events
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