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2005/3/25-29 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:36890 Activity:nil
3/25    Insurgents looking for a way out:
        http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7b2a3b4e-9d4e-11d9-a227-00000e2511c8.html
        \_ Amnesty!
           \_ Stella!
        \_ Isn't that basically what the whole election thing was about?  Give
           them a way to save face without strengthening them (the way Israel
           inadverdently did with Hizbollah when it pulled out of Lebanon--
           wise move, maybe the execution could have been better)?  I guess
           the goal right now is to alienate the real hardcore ones from the
           casual "oh-look-it's-an-rpg-7-in-my-closet-now-how-did-that-get-
           there?" types...  -John
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Email arti cle Iraq's insurgents seek exit strategy' By Steve Negus in Baghdad Published: March 25 2005 16:55 | Last updated: March 25 2005 16:55 Iraq flag Many of Iraq's predominantly Sunni Arab insurgents would lay do wn their arms and join the political process in exchange for guarantees of their safety and that of their co-religionists, according to a promin ent Sunni politician. Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, who heads Iraq's main monarchist movement and is in contact with guerrilla leaders, said many insurgents including for mer officials of the ruling Ba'ath party, army officers, and Islamists h ave been searching for a way to end their campaign against US troops and Iraqi government forces since the January 30 election. Firstly, they want to ensure their own security, says Sharif Ali, who l ast week hosted a pan-Sunni conference attended by tribal sheikhs and ot her local leaders speaking on behalf of the insurgents. Insurgent leaders fear coming out into the open to talk for fear of being targeted by US military or Iraqi security forces' raids, he said. Sharif Ali distinguishes many Sunni insurgents, whom he says took up arms in reaction to the invasive raids in search of Ba'athist leaders and ot her humiliations soon after the 2003 war, from the radical jihadist br anch associated with Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Unlike Mr Zarqawi's followers, who are thought to be responsible for the big suicide bomb attacks on Iraqi civilian targets, the other Sunni insu rgents are more likely to plant bombs and carry out ambushes against sec urity forces and US troops active near their homes. Sharif Ali said the success of Iraq's elections dealt the insurgents a de moralising blow, prompting them to consider the need to enter the politi cal process.