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Iraq: Massacre Fears as Najaf Peace Talks Collapse |
Submitted by Scott Mylxine
Original Publisher: Sunday Herald (Scotland) |
US warplanes yesterday bombed the Sunni stronghold of Samarra and the fragile ceasefire in Najaf abruptly ended amid fears of an impending "massacre" ... yet British Prime Minister Tony Blair signed up to an Olympic Truce in Athens.
The truce, which called for a halt to conflict and for peace and reconciliation during the Games, was signed by 450 world leaders and international personalities. US President George Bush declined.
As Blair added his signature, fears were growing that the failure of peace talks between the new interim government and fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr would lead to more deaths
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