European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday March 282007 stars and stripes pages Khalil Zad says he held talks with insurgents meetings with groups is an attempt to pull them away from Al Aida stars and stripes the outgoing us ambassador to Iraq met with men he believed represented major insurgent groups Ina bid to move from violence to politics he said in an interview with the new York times published on monday Zalma Khalil Zad is the first american official to acknowledge holding talks with insurgent groups which seemed at Odds with the Public position of some Bush administration officials that the United states does not negotiate with insurgents the times report read according to Khalil Zad the meetings began in Early 2006 and were sometimes held in neighbouring Jordan representatives of insurgent groups called the islamic army of Iraq and the 1920 revolution brigades were among those he met the times said that Khalil Zad declined to detail the meetings but that other officials said they had ended by the summer us officials have previously acknowledged on background that meetings with insurgents began in late 2005 but that was never publicly confirmed in the times interview Khalil Zad also repeated his View that the american and iraqi governments should consider Grant ing amnesty to insurgents this is something that we and iraqis the government will do together and there Are various types of amnesties but the fundamental Point the goal of bring ing the War to an end the most important tribute we could pay to our soldiers who have lost their lives Here would be that the cause they fought for would be embraced and accepted by their former ene Mies by those who fought them he was quoted As saying Khalil Zad leaves his Iraq Post mis week to become us ambassador to the United nations he is being followed by Ryan Crocker who mos recently served As ambassador to Pakistan at a final press conference in Baghdad on monday Khalil Zad said the goal of meeting with insurgents was to turn the so called reconcilable insurgents against Al Aida in Iraq the meetings involved both us diplomatic and military personnel he said no Contact was made with Al Aida in Iraq he said in the press conference Khalil Zad said talks were ongoing they Are continuing to take place he said and i think one of the challenges is How to separate More and More groups away from Al Aida we have talked to groups who have not participated in the political process who have ties with some of the insurgent groups who Are reconcilable insurgents he said the terrorists Are irreconcilable there cannot be reconciliation with Al Aida they have to be brought to jus Tice but there Are groups that resisted the democratic change the change in Iraq it is our goal to get those groups to be reconciled to embrace this new Iraq and that will be a Victory a Success for the change that has taken place he added the associated press contributed to this report 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after suspected shiite militants attacked a sunni mosque in Hasa a town near both Iskandar Yah and Mahaleel the attack was in apparent retaliation for a suicide truck bombing against a shiite killed 11 people on saturday also in Hasa aides to prime minister noun Almalik have said that Washington has signalled that he must make Progress on a series of Benchmark legislative and Politi Cal measures by june 30 or face a withdrawal of american sup port for his government the United states has denied making the threat but departing us ambassador Zalma Kha lil Zad was Clear monday that Almalik was under heavy us pressure to move rapidly on Sev eral issues especially a Law that would provide a fair distribution of iraqi Oil wealth among All eth Nic and sectarian groups a Mea sure that is especially important to the White House he also said the iraqis need to act on political and sectarian reconciliation Between sunnis and shiites and on amending the Constitution to make it More palatable to the sunnis despite repeated promises of Quick action from the iraqis and heavy pres sure from the americans those measures still await action in parliament
