Shortly after the establishment of the Islamic State in Iraq, a speech by its leader Hamid al-Zawi (Abu Umar al-Baghdadi) entitled "Truth Has Come and Falsehood Has Perished" was published on December 23, 2006. 
In his speech, he rejected any negotiation with the U.S. However, he said "we announce to you today our demands so accept them obedient and humiliated before before you regret it.. We order you to withdraw immediately.. without any heavy equipment or weapons.."
Further he says "And you hand over every military base to the Mujahideen of the Islamic State. You have only one month to withdraw.. From our side, we allow you to make this deduction without anyone countering it with an explosive device or anything else.."
He then addresses the then US President directly and says "We say to George Bush: don't let this historic opportunity pass you by.. And don't you dare continue to add fire to this volcano."
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