Via the NYT: Iraqi Sunni Bloc to Rejoin Talks on Government
While the Sunni bloc, the Iraqi Consensus Front, has not publicly announced its decision and could still reverse course, Iraqi officials say the talks may resume as early as this week, depending on the level of tension in the streets.
Always nice to retain one’s options, I suppose.
More:
The Sunni negotiator, Mahmoud al-Mashhadany, said Sunni politicians now recognize the need to form a widely inclusive government as quickly as possible to succeed the current interim government, dominated by religious Shiites and Kurds.“We’ve canceled our withdrawal from the talks,” Mr. Mashhadany said in a telephone interview. “We should hurry up and form a national unity government, to change this hopeless government. In the new government, everyone will handle responsibility.”
Nice turn of phrase.
Now, do the Shiites see the need for a national unity government–that’s the next question.
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February 27th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
First the Shia have to find a way to unite the Shia if they are going to avoid a national unity government. Another good question is who is really in charge of the Shia Coalition, An Najef (AKA Sistani), or Qam (AKA Khomeini)? I got my money on Sistani.