Who is negotiating with the US?…… is there a second Ba’ath party?

Roads to Iraq

Nothing new in the "Times" article "US in secret truce talks with insurgency chiefs", at the same when I already reported this two days before the "Times", Iraqi newspaper Al-Zawraa reported a denial from a leader of "Resistance Groups" saying: The commander of the organization (resistance groups) called (Abu Omar), denies any dialogue with the Iraqi government or with the American ambassador in Iraq, He pointed out that there was a dialogue with the Americans in the past. but they brook the contact and neglected the proposals made by the resistance. I think you noticed that this statement don’t deny the negotiations in Amman, but the most interesting is what Ba’ath party says in their updated version of political program published yesterday (...) Surprises continues, because Jordanian newspaper "addustour" wrote today about a "second" Ba’ath party, issues a statement criticizing Saddam...

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Iraqi Insurgent Leader: Premier's Initiative Rejected, Dialogue With US Halted

A leader of an armed Iraqi group has denied the existence of any dialogue with the current Iraqi Government or US Ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad. The armed leader, who goes by the name Abu-Umar, stated that "resistance factions" have rejected the national reconciliation initiative proposed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, "because it is not a comprehensive plan, and lacks a lot of the objectives for which thousands of Iraqis were martyred." Regarding dialogue with US Ambassador Khalilzad, which began seven months ago, the field commander told Asharq Al-Awsat in a phone call from an undisclosed location in Iraq, "Yes, we had a dialogue with the Americans, but they cut short these talks although our approach was supported on the political, religious, and popular levels"...

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