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Iraqi president sends mixed signals to
rebels
21.11.2005
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CAIRO, Nov. 20
(UPI) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani sent mixed
signals to Iraq's insurgents at an Arab League
conference Sunday.
On the one hand, Talabani, a Kurd offered dialogue
with representatives of the ever-intensifying
insurgency at a reconciliation conference sponsored
by the Arab League.
"I am committed to listen to them, even those who
are criminals and on trial," Talabani told a news
conference. But then he added, "But of course that
does not mean I will accept what they say."
Talabani tried to strike a note of national
reconciliation and inclusiveness at the conference,
telling it he was "responsible for all Iraqis" and
wanted to "listen... even to criminals". |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani
Photo: Reuters |
But on the other hand, he seemed to make this offer
a dead letter by ruling out any political
participation or real power for either former
president Saddam Hussein;s ousted Baathist loyalists
or for the Islamist extremists spearheaded by al-Qaida
and its Iraqi operational commander Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
He ruled out explicitly any role for them in iraq's
still nascent political democracy.
There have been unconfirmed reports that Talabani
met with insurgent representatives during the
conference.
UPI
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