Message from Bud

Friends,

Enclosed is an article from yesterday's (7/23) Washington Times reporting the agreement reached between Sunni and Shiite leaders in Iraq to cooperate in focusing on Al Qaeda. This is exactly what these tribal leaders agreed to do at the June conference with Andrew in Baghdad.  In the immediate wake of public announcement of this agreement Al Qaeda launched an attack against several of the leading sheikhs involved, killing two.  Nevertheless the remaining tribal leaders vowed to press on.  Two impressive lessons emerge from these events: 1. The conference Andrew White convened achieved concrete results in bringing thus-far opposing parties together; and 2. their commitment -- in the face of obvious danger -- is one of conviction and commitment to reconciliation and the defeat of Al Qaeda.

Tomorrow I will meet with Andrew here in Washington. He is to testify before the Congressional Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Best regards,

Bud

Robert C. McFarlane
Chairman
McFarlane Associates Inc.
2300 Clarendon Blvd (Suite 306)
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: 703 522 8211
Fax: 703 243 9382

Comments

[SteveJ]

Hey Bud,

Is this like the "agreement" in 2006 or is like the one in 2005.

Or wait, maybe it was like the "agreement" in 2004 or 2003.

Signed,

Ad Nauseum of the indefinite warfare committee