Nations Back Fight Against Iraq Insurgents

That's the good news, the shocking news is that this report is being reported by The Guardian!! Someone must be asleep over at the Guardian.

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Leaders meeting on Iraq's future plan to give strong backing to the interim government's war against insurgents, but won't set a deadline for withdrawing U.S.-led forces from Iraq - despite a push by France and some Arab countries.

The draft communique for the conference that began Monday, obtained by The Associated Press, also says the interim Iraqi government should meet with its opponents to try to persuade them to take part in the general elections scheduled for January.

It was the Sunni's who walked out in protest over Falluja, and now we know why. Heh, who knows, after a good ass kicking Sadr seems to have got the message.

Quite a diverse group that's putting out this communique.

The meeting brought together Iraq's six neighbors - Iran, Syria, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia - as well as Egypt and several other Arab countries, China and regional bodies such as the Group of Eight, the United Nations, the European Union, the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

Which had some interestng things to say about the terrorists in Iraq.

For all its bloodshed, the insurgency enjoys a certain support in the Arab world, where many regard the U.S. and other troops as occupiers.

In a clear rebuff to such sympathies, the draft communique says the participants condemn ``all acts of terrorism in Iraq'' and call for ``the immediate cessation of all such acts in order to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people.''

Maybe we could call this the Falluja Effect.
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