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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1669601,00.html
U.S. "In Talks with Iraq Rebels"
(Times-UK) Hala Jaber - After weeks of delicate negotiation involving a former Iraqi minister and senior tribal leaders, a small group of insurgent commanders came face to face with American officials on June 3 and June 13 in the hope of negotiating an eventual breakthrough that might reduce the violence in Iraq. Washington seems to be gingerly probing for ways of defusing home-grown Iraqi opposition and of isolating the foreign Islamic militants who have flooded into Iraq to wage holy war against America.