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Seven militant groups accpet al-Maliki's offer.
From al-Sabah:

Seven militant groups announced their desire to join the political process in
accordance with the reconciliation project and said they were ready to enter a
truce and stop the violence.MP Hassan al-Sinaid-whose close to PM Maliki-said
third parties conveyed the message of the seven groups confirming that they were
not involved in Iraqi bloodshed suggesting they're eligible to benefit from the
initiative.Al-Sinaid said it was possible that Maliki would meet representatives
of these seven groups either directly or indirectly, because he's concerned
about the success of the initiative and is keen to gather support for it.
Al-Sinaid adds "al-Maliki believes in political measures now, and not only in
military ones".According to those third parties, the militant groups consider
the initiative tempting which encouraged them to respond positively, and at the
same time pointed out that it's possible to win other groups into the project as
they will not find a good reason to say no.Initial information indicates that
the seven groups are: the brigades of the 1920 revolution, the army of Mohammed,
Heroes of Iraq, the 4/9 organization, Al-Fatih brigades and finally the general
command of armed forces.The demands of these groups can be summarized by:
putting a timetable for withdrawing foreign troops, recognizing the acts of
resistance as a legitimate right [still a controversial point with no clear
definition or guidelines stated as of now], reviewing the deba'athification law,
preserving the unity of Iraq, preventing foreign infiltration, releasing
innocent detainees, providing jobs, respecting the citizens and compensating the
affected and finally disbanding the militias.

This announcement seems to have been preceded by a lot of work but a declaration of amnesty was the militants' condition to join the reconciliation project mostly to save face.

So far, everybody in Iraq feels good about Maliki's plan and expressed their hopes for it to meet success and ease the suffering of the Iraqi people; everybody except for the Sadrists and the association of Muslim scholars who both criticized the plan and said it wasn't acceptable and expected it to fail.The question is do they are expecting it to fail only because they think it is not framed in a workable way or because they wish for it to fail?I'm afraid the latter is the likely answer.Oh, and did I forget to mention the BBC?
Posted by Mohammed @ Iraq The Model
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