US trolling for Taliban to open talks

[Viking 1]

Source: Huffington Post

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After 10 years of bloody battle in Afghanistan, the United States is trolling for Taliban officials to talk peace with before the July drawdown of American troops.

Washington's special envoy, Marc Grossman, has a one-point agenda: to reconcile Afghanistan's warring factions, say Western diplomats in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But as Washington seeks negotiating partners, it has little knowledge of who among the Taliban has the clout to make talks worthwhile.

Grossman, therefore, is trying for access to Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed Taliban leader, according to Imtiaz Gul, head of the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.

In a meeting earlier this month in Islamabad, Gul said Grossman told him that he was looking for "persons or groups who can provide us access to Mullah Omar, who can demonstrate their ability to approach Mullah Omar and get him on board, who can get through to Mullah Omar to open talks."



Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110601/as-pakistan-afghan-peace-talks/

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After what happened one month ago, I'm not sure Mullah Omar is gonna be enthusiastic about meeting Americans.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. We're sending someone in to negotiate ...

from The Fifth Element ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKwg6W05MU

[No Elephants]

2. We're "trolling for Taliban" to negotiate with> So much for the Karzai government.

Seems as though we could have negotiated with Taliban ten years ago and spared the Afghanis so much, including those corrupt "elections."

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[RC]

4. What ever it takes to pull up stakes and leave them alone.

Nobody left to kill except the civilians.

[NightWatcher]

5. "what, the US said they'd be here at 2. Hey what's that buzzing sound"

haha they fell for the Ol Drone Attack Trick