Insurgents offer U.S. 30-day truce to get out of Iraq Opinions?

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Insurgents offer U.S. 30-day truce to get out of Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The leader of an umbrella organization for Iraqi insurgent groups is offering the United States a one-month truce to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq and turn over its military bases "to the mujahedeen of the Islamic state."

In an audiotape posted on Islamic Web sites Friday, a speaker identified as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Mujahideen Shura Council, said that if U.S. forces begin withdrawing from Iraq immediately and leave their heavy weaponry behind, "we will allow your withdrawal to complete without anyone targeting you with any explosive or anything else."

"We say to Bush not to waste this historic opportunity that will guarantee you a safe withdrawal," al-Baghdadi said on the audiotape.

The United States was given two weeks to respond to the offer.

The Mujahideen Shura Council is an umbrella group formed in late 2005 that includes several terrorist and insurgent groups, including al Qaeda in Iraq.

On the audiotape, al-Baghdadi also called on officers from the former Iraqi army to join an "army of the Islamic state," promising them a house and a salary as long as they pass a "test of faith" intended to demonstrate the extent of their "hatred" for Saddam Hussein and his regime.

The U.S. military Friday reported five U.S. troop deaths, while Iraqi authorities reported the discovery of a dozen bodies and the kidnapping of a Sunni imam in Baghdad.

One soldier was killed and another wounded when attackers targeted a coalition patrol west of the capital, the U.S. military said. Three Marines and a sailor assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Thursday from wounds suffered during combat in Anbar province, the military also said.

The deaths bring the December U.S. military death toll to 73 and the overall total during the war to 2,955; seven U.S. contractors also have been killed.

Answer 1

As a member of the US Armed Forces, I would not like our country to act on our enemies wishes. They are setting *conditions* for us. I am not comfortable with that. If we stay or leave, it should be our perogative.

As for the insurgents, maybe they should stop blowing up our troops & peaceful Iraqis, who want to help re-build Iraq, period. The violence is the reason why there is a such a debate over this topic. If there was no violence, Iraq could be rebuilt and the people there could be living a much better life. Just a modest idea.

Answer 2

E) no longer something however the yankee loss of life toll adjustments. there is not any prepared insurgency in Iraq. there are hundreds of guy or woman cells, that are coated up against eachother in 2 considerable factions - Sunnis and Shiites. the two have factions tied in with the government, and the two have factions detrimental to it. that's an portion of why so somewhat few human beings squaddies have been killed, simply by fact the "insurgents" are ordinarily struggling with one yet another (the rest is the more advantageous training of the yankee armed forces). while the yankee squaddies go away, they are going to easily proceed struggling with amonst themselves. we are able to hold their palms for the subsequent century, yet they have verified that they are in simple terms too primitive to control themselves by way of democracy- which should not be our subject. To all the folk who've believed the administration line that the conflict in Iraq isn't quickly protecting terrorists too busy to attack us. Do you recognize the way little or no tactical experience that makes? protecting our armed forces over-committed in a foreign places united states leaves us greater uncovered to terrorist attack, no longer much less. whilst the national look after is deployed in Iraq, who's left here observing the border?

Answer 3

The U.S. will not do it because it will be viewed as tucking their tail between their legs and running. Besides we don't need a truce to withdrawl. A truce makes it sound like they are stopping us from leaving when we can leave anytime we want.

Answer 4

I think it's good that one side's offering to talk. However I'am not sure Bush & Co is open minded about it. I do think some kind of negotiations is a way to end this madness.

Answer 5

And if we chose to turn over the bases to a legitimate Iraqi Army?

Answer 6

They will just have to wait a couple years to see if a Democrat is our next President seeing they are the only ones that bow to terrorists wishes and demands..