Sunni Vice President Defends Iraqi Resistance

Courtesy Of: MSNBC
February 16, 2007
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni insurgents who are "honorable and genuine" must be given the chance to join the political process, Iraq's Sunni vice president said in an interview published Friday.

Tariq al-Hashemi told the Arabic language daily Al-Hayat that U.S. and Iraqi representatives must negotiate "with the participation of the resistance" after "America has failed to run the country."

Furthermore, al-Hashemi said "the honorable national resistance" must adopt "a new ideology to manage the crisis."

..."The honorable and genuine resistance has paid a price to safeguard the dignity of Iraq and its unity through three years and must be given an appropriate chance to participate in the political process," al-Hashemi told Al-Hayat.