Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki meet today in Baghdad, Iraq. Khalid Mohammed / The Associated PressFrom UPI:
BAGHDAD, July 2 (UPI) -- As U.S. leaders worry whether Iraq's military forces can hold the line once the Americans pull out, U.S. agents are reported to be clandestinely seeking a truce with Saddam Hussein's old cronies in the once-mighty Baath Party to head off a threat to stability.
According to the Paris-based Intelligence Online Web site, the Central Intelligence Agency has been negotiating with two rival factions of what remains of the Baath.
The party, forced underground in 2003, retains considerable influence among the minority Sunnis who were the pillar of Saddam's regime.
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