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Originally Posted by Gouge
How strange, i didnt see anywhere in the article where Petraeus said negotiate. However Mark Carleton-Smith did.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Wednesday that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in sections of Afghanistan gripped by an intensifying insurgency.
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Petraeus said negotiations with insurgents willing to consider reconciliation could reduce violence by isolating hard-core militants, which is what occurred in Iraq's Anbar province when Sunni tribesmen joined U.S. forces against al Qaeda.
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Umm...? Or were you looking at a different article?