Iraqi PM: Sectarian violence 'is closed now' - CNN.com

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The number of bombings and suicide attacks has dropped dramatically in the Iraqi capital, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Sunday, claiming sectarian violence "is closed now."

Meanwhile, a roadside bomb missed a U.S. convoy in eastern Baghdad, killing a 12-year-old girl and wounding four other Iraqis, police said. Al-Maliki, a Shiite Muslim, told reporters that "terrorist acts" including car bombings and suicide attacks have dropped by 77 percent from last year's high, a sign that Sunni-Shiite violence "is closed now."

"When the sectarian strife is over, then I will not fear the gangs who are running between the provinces," al-Maliki said, an apparent reference to al Qaeda and other Sunni religious extremists that have been driven from the capital. "The majority of these terrorists are fleeing to nearby countries, and I warned our brothers in the Islamic and Arab countries to be aware in order that they not harm these countries," he said.

Al-Maliki said he was considering an amnesty for those "who were lured or committed some crimes," although he added that the move would not include those "convicted of killings or bombings." In a sign the government is working toward reconciliation, 70 former members of Saddam Hussein's party were reinstated to their jobs after they joined the fight against al Qaeda in Anbar province, said Ali al-Lami, a senior official with the commission that considered their cases.....

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