(Cairo) Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa travels to Baghdad this week, probably Thursday, to formalize plans for a reconciliation conference of all of Iraq's factions to be held in Cairo on a future date. The conference is backed by the U.S., and Iraq's neighbors have been asked to lend diplomatic support.
In response to the planned conference, Al-Qaida in Iraq, according to Aljazeera.Net, issued a statement on a "website known for hosting fighters' material" saying:
"Arab League initiative is a new conspiracy to save their American master under the pretext of national reconciliation, maintaining Iraq's unity and protecting the Sunnis against falling under Iranian influence."The al-Qaida in Iraq denouncement of the Arab League has not been authenticated. However, since it goes on to say:
"The Crusaders have found themselves drowned in a bottomless swamp ... they have found no better allies than the old Arab agents and their League."I'm led to believe the message is genuine. It sounds just like something a radical Islamist would say. Obviously, al-Qaida doesn't like the idea of Iraqis generally agreeing with each other.
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