Citing a statement that was passed to it which quotes Abu Salih Al-Jeelani, a military leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement, a Sunni insurgency group, the newspaper said the group suggests that negotiations could be led by the United Nations, the Arab League or the Islamic Conference.

"Discussions and negotiations are a principle we believe in to overcome the situation in which Iraqi bloodletting continues," Jeelani said in the statement, according to The Independent.

"Should the Americans wish to negotiate their withdrawal from our country and leave our people to live in peace, then we will negotiate subject to specific conditions and circumstances."

According to the daily, the conditions include the release of 5,000 detainees held in Iraqi prisons, recognition of "the legitimacy of the resistance", public negotiations, and an internationally guaranteed timetable for all agreements, among others.

Jeelani also calls for the "dissolution of the present (Iraqi) government and the revoking of the spurious elections and the constitution" while also demanding that all agreements previously agreed by either Iraqi authorities or US forces be declared null and void.

The newspaper said that the terms included the disbandment of militias and the outlawing of militia organisations in Iraq, an "Anglo-American commitment to rebuild Iraq and reconstruct all war damage", and the integration of "resistance fighters" into a recomposed Iraqi army.