Iraq Govt. Plan Calls for U.S. Withdrawal Timetable

Isn't this going against what John Warner argued about this past week?

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Maliki's Master Plan

A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers.

By Rod Nordland
Newsweek

June 24, 2006 - A timetable for withdrawal of occupation troops from Iraq. Amnesty for all insurgents who attacked U.S. and Iraqi military targets. Release of all security detainees from U.S. and Iraqi prisons. Compensation for victims of coalition military operations.

Those sound like the demands of some of the insurgents themselves, and in fact they are. But they're also key clauses of a national reconciliation plan drafted by new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who will unveil it Sunday. The provisions will spark sharp debate in Iraq—but the fiercest opposition is likely to come from Washington, which has opposed any talk of timetables, or of amnesty for insurgents who have attacked American soldiers.

But in Iraq, even a senior military official in the U.S.-led coalition said Friday that the coalition might consider a timetable under certain circumstances. And the official was careful to point out that a distinction needs to be made between terrorists and the resistance.

More at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13521628/site/newsweek/

a time table while the idiot repubs voted the same idea down last week?

This could be very interesting. As we saw when W flew into Baghdad without the knowledge or permission of the Iraqi government, it appears W is still running Iraq.

All our high falutin speeches about how Iraq is in charge of its own destiny and we'll leave when we're asked. This is a sound and honorable resoultion to the conflict. It is the Iraqis taking charge like we say we want them to and it will get no press and Bush will ignore it.