[Alberto Fernandez] spoke with the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera after a man claiming to speak for deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Arab Socialist party said the United States is seeking a face-saving exodus from Iraq.

"Abu Mohammed", a pseudonym for the man, appeared to set conditions for the start of any talks with the Americans, including the return to service of Saddam's armed forces, the annulment of every law adopted since Saddam's ouster, the recognition of insurgent groups as the sole representatives of the Iraqi people and a timetable of a gradual and unconditional withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops from Iraq.