Saturday, October 21, 2006

Diplomat cites U.S. 'stupidity' in Iraq (AP)

An Iraqi soldier jumps over cars that were burnt outside a police station Friday during fighting in Amarah 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad Saturday Oct. 21 2006. Relative quiet returned Saturday to Amarah where masked gunmen loyal to an anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr briefly seized control a day earlier in a bold confrontation with local security forces. Two days of clashes between elements of the Mahdi Army loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's faction left 25 dead among gunmen and police. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A senior U.S. diplomat said the United States had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in Iraq but was now ready to talk with any group except Al-Qaida in Iraq to facilitate national reconciliation.


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