The spokesperson of the ruling Hizb Ad-Da`wah party in Iraq (although he refers to himself as spokesperson of the prime minister but I am being more accurate than him), Layth Kubbah--who had promised last week to "purify" Sunni areas in Iraq of terrorism--, said today that Iraqis "don't need a conference for national reconciliation." He also added that Iraq does not need "Arab troops." When asked about US troops, he asked: "What US troops?"