International Herald Tribune: Iraqi PM says govt talking with insurgent groups

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"Iraq's government is holding talks with some insurgent groups, including members of Saddam Hussein's former regime, as part of a reconciliation plan to stop violence, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday.

Al-Maliki did not name the groups which his government is in contact with, but said that when an Iraq conference is held in Egypt early next month, "We will have good chances for reconciliation." Iraq's neighbors and other countries are scheduled to hold a meeting on May 3-4 in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik.

"We are having meetings with groups that are not part of the political process... They asked us not to reveal their names," al-Maliki told reporters at his office in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

"The talks are still going and they are part of the national reconciliation," he said."

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/17/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Al-Maliki.php

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