insurgents invited to meeting in bowels of Green Zone - I have a bridge

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to sell

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1029805,00.html

Talking with the Enemy
Inside the secret dialogue between the U.S. and insurgents in Iraq—and what the rebels say they want


The secret meeting is taking place in the bowels of a facility in Baghdad, a cavernous, heavily guarded building in the U.S.-controlled green zone. The Iraqi negotiator, a middle-aged former member of Saddam Hussein's regime and the senior representative of the self-described nationalist insurgency, sits on one side of the table.

He is here to talk to two members of the U.S. military. One of them, an officer, takes notes during the meeting. The other, dressed in civilian clothes, listens as the Iraqi outlines a list of demands the U.S. must satisfy before the insurgents stop fighting. The parties trade boilerplate complaints: the U.S. officer presses the Iraqi for names of other insurgent leaders; the Iraqi says the newly elected Shi'a-dominated government is being controlled by Iran. The discussion does not go beyond generalities, but both sides know what's behind the coded language.

The Iraqi's very presence conveys a message: Members of the insurgency are open to negotiating an end to their struggle with the U.S. "We are ready," he says before leaving, "to work with you."
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crap-o-la

can you see an insurgent (freedom fighter) willingly going into the Green Zone and down into it's bowels, hoping to see the light of day again?

(even the way the writer fashioned the writing, stinks)

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1. As if...

the insurgents are that organized.

If they were it would be a simple task to infiltrate them and "defeat" them. More likely they are a diverse group who wants the US out of their country. There is no one person in Iraq today who can speak for even a majority of the "insurgents".