Treason charge disrupts Iraq reconciliation talks

[tocqueville]

Members of the mainly Shi'ite Muslim United Iraq Alliance walked out of the first closed session of the three-day reconciliation meeting and threatened to leave for good if the Arab League organisers did not extract an apology.

The Arab League has arranged the conference out of alarm that Iraq, once a pillar of the Arab community, is descending into chaos and toward sectarian conflict.

A representative of the small Christian Democratic Party, named as Menas Ibrahim al-Yousifi, had called other participants traitors and said the United States had written the new Iraqi constitution, approved by referendum in October, delegates said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051120/ts_nm/iraq_conference_dc

[Erika]

1. and why are we involved in their civil war?

More details at www.icasualties.org As Michael Savage said Hussein through his tactics was the only one who could keep these factions under control. And that's before W brought in the terrorists.

[Historic NY]

2. As long as they fight themselves they will never stand alone

w/o American troops who increasingly have been the targets of the anger. If we pull ed back as Murtha suggests these groups can fight it out with each other, since thats where this is heading anyway.