U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers are conducting secret talks with Iraq’s Sunni insurgents on ways to end fighting there, Time magazine reported yesterday, citing Pentagon and other sources. The Bush administration has said it would not negotiate with Iraqi fighters and there is no authorized dialogue, but the United States is having “back-channel” communications with certain insurgents, unidentified Washington and Iraqi sources told the magazine.Full Story
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