Earlier today, WND talked with Mideast terror leaders who deemed Washington’s announcement of attempting to reach a cease-fire arrangement with Iraqi militants a “big victory” for the insurgency and a sign the U.S. now recognizes the legitimacy of terrorist groups.
In a briefing with reporters, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said U.S. commanders at all levels are being empowered to reach out for talks with militants, tribes, religious leaders and others, including insurgents and sectarian rivals.
“We are talking about cease-fires, and maybe signing some things that say they won’t conduct operations against the government of Iraq or against coalition forces,” Odierno told reporters in a video conference from Baghdad.
Listen to the sound file below to hear WND’s Aaron Klein interview one of the terrorists, Muhammad Abdel-El, spokesman and a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees terror group, for his take on Odierno’s truce announcement.
The Popular Resistance Committees operates from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where it is responsible for scores of shootings, rocket attacks and suicide bombings. It was one of three groups that claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last June of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and is blamed for car bombing a U.S. convoy in Gaza in 2003, killing three American service contractors.
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