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syl3993on Dec 22, 2006 6:54pm
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What are the chances of this happenning...Iraq insurgent leader offers one-month truce -- if U.S. withdraws
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- The leader of an umbrella organization for Iraqi insurgent groups is offering U.S. troops a one-month truce to allow the United States to withdraw all of its forces from Iraq and turn over its military bases "to the mujahedeens of the Islamic state."
In an audiotape posted on Islamic Web sites Friday, a speaker identified as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Mujahideen Shura Council, said that if U.S. forces begin withdrawing from Iraq immediately and leave their heavy weaponry behind, "we will allow your withdrawal to complete without anyone targeting you with any explosive or anything else."
"We say to Bush not to waste this historic opportunity that will guarantee you a safe withdrawal," al-Baghdadi said on the audiotape. The United States was given two weeks to respond to the offer. (Posted 5:31 p.m.)