Peace offer at Fallujah
With battle near, Iraqi Sunnis make offer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - As Marines step up preparations for military offensives on two major Iraqi cities, a number of Sunni Muslim leaders are forwarding a plan to establish the rule of law in those areas through peaceful means, with the promise of reducing the insurgency across a large swath of the country.
Perhaps the threat of good old-fashioned American firepower has given them second thoughts, methinks.