Iraq Study Group: Reaction: A welcome from Beckett, but scorn and scepticism abroad

The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, said: "We welcome the report. It seems to make many sensible recommendations, many of which stress points which David Cameron and I raised after visiting Iraq last week, in particular the creation of an international group and the emphasis laid on a...

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Published inThe Guardian (London)
Main Author Brian Whitaker, Will Woodward and Michael Howard, Irbil
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 07.12.2006
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Beckett, Margaret
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Summary:The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, said: "We welcome the report. It seems to make many sensible recommendations, many of which stress points which David Cameron and I raised after visiting Iraq last week, in particular the creation of an international group and the emphasis laid on a negotiated settlement within Iraq." Iraq's beleaguered political leadership appeared relatively relaxed about the study group's findings. A senior adviser to the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, said: "Most of the key recommendations have already been aired and discussed here. A number of Sunni Arab politicians dismissed the report as an American affair, but welcomed the emphasis on troop reductions in 2008 and the need to make progress on the Israeli-Palestinian front. Nasir al-Sa'idy, an MP in the parliamentary bloc that supports the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, said: "Keeping US troops in Iraq until 2008 is a violation of the will of the Iraqi people."
ISSN:0261-3077