US In Secret Talks With The Iraqi Resistance

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Courtesy Of: TimesOnline

By Marie Colvin

October 22 2006

American officials held secret talks with leaders of the Iraqi insurgency last week after admitting that their two-month clampdown on violence in Baghdad had failed.

Few details of the discussions in the Jordanian capital Amman have emerged but an Iraqi source close to the negotiations said the particpants had met for at least two days.

They included members of the Islamic Army in Iraq, one of the main Sunni militias behind the insurgency, and American representatives. The talks were described as "feeler" discussions.

The US officials were exploring ways of persuading the Sunni groups to stop attacks on allied forces and to end a cycle of increasingly bloody sectarian clashes with members of the majority Shi'ite groups.

Source:

http://timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2415692,00.html