Iraq's government is studying a request from some local insurgent leaders to supply them with weapons so they can turn on the heavily armed foreign fighters who were once their allies, according to two Iraqi lawmakers.
Leaders claiming to represent about 11 insurgent groups asked for weapons to fight foreign al-Qaeda elements in Iraq, said Haider al-Ibadi, a Shiite lawmaker and member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa Party.
"They want to take part in the war against terrorists," said al-Ibadi, who supports the proposal. "They claim they could wipe out the terrorists and work with the government."
The insurgent request was confirmed by al-Ibadi and Mithal al-Alusi, another lawmaker. Al-Maliki was out of the country, and several officials in his office declined to comment.
The request came out of talks between people claiming to represent insurgent groups and the Iraqi government.
The U.S. military said insurgent talks are an Iraqi matter.
Coalition forces would "fully support the broad dialogue for reconciliation" but would not discuss details, military spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said in an e-mail.
Al-Ibadi said a committee of top Iraqi officials is being formed to study the request.
You know only a puppet government orchestrated by the Bush administration could be this stupid! These guys are literally going to provide the bullets to their own assassins!
And the sad part is that those bullets are being paid for with American tax payer money. How much of your hard earned money do you think has been used to kill Iraqi's? It boggles the mind doesn't it?
If these guys just hand over weapons to some rag-tag group of killers then they almost deserve to be obliterated. I just feel horribly sorry for the everyday Iraqi who just wants their life back. Sadddam Hussein must look like Santa Claus to these people now.
Update: If this story did not seem stupid enough on its own then add this to make it truly crazy.
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