BAGHDAD, Oct. 5, 2006
Rice Meets With Iraqi Prime Minister
Secretary Of State Reiterates Need To Rein In Sectarian Violence
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad, Oct. 5, 2006. (AP Photo/US Embassy)
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Before the meeting, she told reporters she would tell Iraq's leaders they have limited time to settle political differences spurring sectarian and insurgent violence.
"They don't have time for endless debate of these issues," Rice said during a news conference aboard her plane. "They have really got to move forward. That is one of the messages that I'll take, but it will also be a message of support and what can we do to help."
In other developments:
Al-Maliki is under intensified pressure to find an end to the Shiite-Sunni killings that have torn Iraq apart for months despite the government's calls for militias — many of which have ties to parties in the government — to put down their arms.
"The dissolution of militia must be through the political powers. There is more than one way leading to a solution, and the militias will dissolve themselves," al-Maliki told the Associated Press during an "iftar" dinner, the meal that ends the daily Ramadan fast.
"Militias do not conform with a government. Political parties have militias and they are part of the government and participate in the political process. The parties are required to dissolve these militias," he said.
Al-Maliki has frequently called for militias to be dissolved, insisting that weapons must only be in the hands of national security forces. But Sunni leaders have accused the government of balking at moving forcefully against Shiite militias blamed in much of the violence because of their links to Shiite political parties.
Rice said Iraqis must resolve for themselves complex problems such as the division of oil wealth, possible changes to the national constitution and the desire for greater autonomy in various regions of the country.
"Our role is to support all the parties and indeed to press all the parties to work toward that resolution quickly because obviously the security situation is not one that can be tolerated and it is not one that is being helped by political inaction," she said.
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- Let us remember how we got here?
IRANGATE.
The actor playing The President at the time coined the phase %u201CDisinformation%u201D to justify lying to the American people. He created a sub-government to fund his negotiations with Islamic extremists for the return of hostages in Lebanon. Drug Money was used to purchase weapons from Israel to sell to Iran. The funds then were used to support rebel troops in Nicaragua to over throw that government in the War on Drugs. How hypocritical. We forgave a doddering old man that could not recall what he knew or when he knew it.
Empire of Evil
Once Ronald Reagan thought he was effectively influencing foreign policy he decided to take on the Russians by funding the rebels in Afghanistan. This is the time that Osama Bin Laden joined the rebel forces and learned how to fight a super power with unconventional tactics. The outcome was the culmination of hatred, training, planning and execution of the September 2001 attacks. This is the legacy of Ronald Reagan.
War on Terror.
History is the worry of George W. Bush. It is not that extremists will attack us again, they will. His worry is that when this future attack occurs, the people at the time will look back to today and recognize that another Republican President, with a secret government, provided the motivation, training and hatred used to attack and kill Americans. How will we forgive George W. Bush? I don%u2019t think we can.
Michael Edwards - Reply to this comment
- Condoleeza Rice meeting with the Prime Minister and President of Iraq. How nice.
I wonder if she will remember anything about THESE meetings after a year or so, or will she say, "I don't recall..."
Maybe we all need to chip in and buy her a nice notebook and a really nice pen, so she can take notes. - Reply to this comment
- diamtool, God may forgive him, but a lot of American people are having a harder time. Don't you have to be repentant first before you can be forgiven?
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- mjv2944, by declaring war on Saddam and not his country, we have pretty much tied our hands against anything conventional, like, say, Hiroshima.
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- The 20 million dollar Victory Party thing is right on! best idea the gop has had for iraq, we get out of this quagmire, declare victory and have a big party, at least no more kids die needlessly.
did any one see in the story that condi's flight couldn't land in baghdad and circled for 35 minutes because of rocket or mortar fire around the airport.
bet she was saying "heckuvajob Rummy"
God bless our troops
God forgive george bush - Reply to this comment
- janem4, "sniping". Mighty big word for a guy with no sense of humor.
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- lestb35
I think it would be cheaper to bull dzer the whole country flat and then blacktop it. They wouldmn't have any where to hide and it would be cheaper in the long run. Diverinnl is right thats what went on in Nam and it failed also, and not because of the people fighting there, but because of pi** poor military and political leadership, same as whats going on in Iraq. Lots of private contractor money in both wars. - Reply to this comment
- lestb35: They tried that once; it was called Vietnam...
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- mjv2944, I was just thinking that maybe we should try to evacuate all women, children and elderly or innocents and then just bomb the leftover guerillas. I have no military background, is something like that even possible?
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- rsoxfan1123, I hate to admit it, but you're right.
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- This is like telling a leopard to change its spots. It just isn't going to happen. Get the hell out and may the best terrorist win. We need our resources to fight real terrorism, not to stop a civil war. As long as weapons keep pouring into Iraq, they are going to fight. It is out of our hands, bring the troops home.
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- diverinnl , the problem is the repubs have created such a mess even they don't know what to do...
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- OK you liberal whiners, pick a side.
On one hand you scream for withdrawl from Iraq, that they are soverign and should govern themselves.
On the other, when the Sec of State tells them to govern themselves, you scream that they (Iraq) are incapable and if we don't help them, anther Saddam will take power.
I support your right to express an opinion but quit flip-flopping around just for the sake of disagreeing with the Replublican party. - Reply to this comment
- She forgot to say purity please with sugar on top!!!
Condi, rumsy chaney and bush want to be able to spend their 20 million on the Victory party. Stuffing themself's with food and drink.
The best part is we get to pay for it.
Yee Haw
Proud to be an American - Reply to this comment
- responsibility even
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- thanks jh6379. I've thought for a long time this would be the way the admin would use to exit without accepting resonsibility.
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- brianp55: "You tell em Condi. And while you're at it, please tell Bin Laden that we're not at all pleased with his attitude and he can expect a severe tongue-lashing if things don't improve. I'm sure these people just need to hear this from you."
We need Condi too. Why do the Iraqis get this, when we taxpayers paid for it? We need a severe tongue-lashing too, and that stern stare, and then tell us to settle our problems. Condi, why? When will you come home and help us? - Reply to this comment
- Condi sneaks into Baghdad. Clearly, we never could have accomplished such an incredible milestone in the war on terror had we not been torturing terror suspects.
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- No comment, but one pertinent question:
Who is doing what to prevent Moqtada al-Sadr from becoming the next Saddam Hussein? Oh, wait, I forgot...WE made Saddam; we're probably doing the same thing with al-Sadr. - Reply to this comment
- This is setting the stage for a pull out. It will go something like "we didn't fail, it's just that they refused to take responsibility and do their share, so we left." A prelude to a finger point.
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