This from the WaPo:
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office on Thursday accepted the resignation of an aide who had told a reporter that Maliki was considering a limited amnesty that would likely include guerrillas who had attacked U.S. troops, the aide said.
Maliki's broad statements about amnesty, at a news conference Wednesday in Baghdad, marked the first time a leader from Iraq's dominant Shiite religious parties had indicated openness to pardoning members of the Sunni insurgency.
The statement from Maliki's office Thursday also said: "It is not true what some of the media outlets including The Washington Post have said about the willingness of the Iraqi government to talk with armed groups."
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Friday, June 16, 2006
Maliki Aide Who Talked of Amnesty for Insurgents is Shown the Door. Buh bye.
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What is true, are the reactions of Republican Senators
TED STEVENS - "IF THAT'S AMNESTY, I'M FOR IT:"
MITCH MCCONNELL SUGGESTED A RESOLUTION COMMENDING IRAQIS FOR GIVING TERRORISTS AMNESTY.
LAMAR ALEXANDER COMPARED IRAQI AMNESTY FOR TERRORISTS TO NELSON MANDELA'S PEACE EFFORTS.
JOHN CORNYN: IRAQI AMNESTY DEBATE IS "A DISTRACTION."
SAXBY CHAMBLISS: AMNESTY IS OK FOR EX-INSURGENTS AS LONG AS THEY ARE ON OUR SIDE NOW.
Not exactly supporting the troops, is it?
Great news!
Better add resident friend of the foe, (s)lew, to the list. He couldn't trip over himself fast enough to support it.
I can't believe anyone even thought of considering or accepting this, including George "Amnesty" Bush.
Nimlo,
Glad to see the guy who floated that trial balloon was blown out of the sky. You should be happy! Rejoice! All those who support the troops good news!
Nimlo? Nimlo? Where'd you go Nimlo? We're having a party here...you seem sad...where'd you go Nimlo?
Guess the news didn't make him too happy.
Mrs. Victoria, it seems like we have drive-by bloggers!
Khaldunce, you poor ignorant liberal. Saying I am waiting for more information on a subject due to my not trusting your drive-by leftstream media is not saying I support anything.
However, amnesty during war is not new. Doesn't mean I support it, just that it has been done.
Still, I wonder why you lefties are so fast to call for death to them, yet fight the death penalty here when criminals are convicted?
Grow up, son.
gee slew, all I hear out of you is a lot of bla bla bla.
Take Victoria's advice - You should be happy! Rejoice! All those who support the troops good news!
Why's it so hard for you to root for the troops? I'll give you lots of time to work on your spin. lord knows you'll work up some feeble hackish response that has nothing to do with anything..
Khaldunce, you pitiful little moron, you really should learn something about people and what they have been through before you accuse them of not supporting the troops. Wanna compare DD-214s?
Your little smokescreen of insinuating you lefties support the troops because you jump headfirst into misleading headlines doesn't wash with us grown-ups.
Now, if only the left could make up their minds. Do you want the troops brought home right away or do you want them to stay and kill all the insurgents?
Unwittingly, you anti-war cretins promoting this canard are placing yourselves in support of the war, just like your Liberal Senators and Representatives did just yesterday.
I look forward to you all marching through Pioneer Square soon chanting, "Death to All Insurgents" and waving placards demanding "Keep the Troops In the Fight."
It'd about time you all came over to the side Supporting the Troops for real.
To lew and khaldun:
I have lost track of which of you is one the right and which of you is one the left. I feel the situation is more akin to the two of you being in a barrel rolling down a hill: there is never a moment that there is not a bore on top. Your name calling is quite unimpressive.
One might also note the betrayal of the anti-war left's position once again. With this new found feigned support for the troops and phony outrage over this proposed idea being mulled about by the Iraqi government, why does it take over two months for the anti-war left to even be concerned about this? It hasn't bothered them until some good news seeps out about the war effort then they imitate offense for what they have not supported all along.
David, I'm trying my best to be as perfect as you, but sorry, I'm only human.
This says it all:
By a vote of 79 to 19, the Senate voted to declare that it objects to any such amnesty. By 64 to 34, the lawmakers voted to commend the new Iraqi government for not granting amnesty.
NAYs ---19
Allard (R-CO)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagel (R-NE)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
McCain (R-AZ)
Sessions (R-AL)
Stevens (R-AK)
Thomas (R-WY)
Warner (R-VA)
Not Voting--- 2
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Shelby (R-AL)
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