Tom Hayden: James Baker Told Hussein’s Lawyers Fmr. Iraqi Deputy PM Would Be Released From Detention

[kpete]

Tom Hayden
11.21.2006
U.S. Retreat from Iraq? The Secret Story


According to credible Iraqi sources in London and Amman, a secret story of America's diplomatic exit strategy from Iraq is rapidly unfolding. The key events include:

First, James Baker told one of Saddam Hussein's lawyers that Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister, would be released from detention by the end of this year, in hope that he will negotiate with the US on behalf of the Baath Party leadership.

The discussion recently took place in Amman, according to the Iraqi paper al-Quds al-Arabi.

Second, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice personally appealed to the Gulf Cooperation Council in October to serve as intermediaries between the US and armed Sunni resistance groups , communicating a US willingness to negotiate with them at any time or place. Speaking in early October, Rice joked that if then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "heard me now, he would wage a war on me fiercer and hotter than he waged on Iraq," according to an Arab diplomat privy to the closed session.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/us-retreat-from-iraq-t_b_34675.html

[Clarkie1]

1. Interesting. I wonder if this is credible. nt