Re: Bush's Victory - Iraq regains control of cities as U.S. pulls back
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Iraq regains control of cities as U.S. pulls
back
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq regained full control
if
its
towns and cities
on Tuesday as U.S. troops pulled back, six years
after
the invasion to
topple Saddam Hussein.
Though some Iraqis fear the first step in a full
U.S.
withdrawal may
leave them open to attack, the government
declared
"National
Sovereignty Day" a holiday and held a military
parade
to
flex its
muscles at a still stubborn insurgency.
"This day, which we consider a national
celebration,
is
an achievement
made by all Iraqis," Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki
said
in a televised
address, as citizens drove around the streets
with
flags
and plastic
flowers draped over their cars.
"Our incomplete sovereignty and the presence of
foreign
troops is the
most serious legacy we have inherited (from
Saddam).
Those who think
that Iraqis are unable to defend their country
are
committing a fatal
mistake."
By midnight on Tuesday, all U.S. combat units
must
have
withdrawn from
Iraq's urban centres and redeployed to rural
bases,
according to a
bilateral security pact that requires all U.S.
troops
except for
trainers and advisers to leave Iraq by the end
of
2011.
In a bloody reminder of the war unleashed by the
2003
U.S. invasion,
the U.S. military said four U.S. soldiers based
in
Baghdad had died of
combat-related injuries on Monday. It gave no
further
details.
150 BASES
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the United
States
had closed or
returned to local control 120 bases and
facilities,
and
would turn
over or close another 30 by the end of Tuesday.
The day's festivities included a parade in
Baghdad's
heavily fortified
Green Zone government and diplomatic district,
viewed
by
Iraqis as the
ultimate symbol of the foreign military presence
until
local forces
took control of it in January.
Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police paraded
on
foot
or
in
U.S.-donated Humvees, armored cars and tanks --
in
the
same compound
beside a monument to the Unknown Soldier where
Saddam's
forces used to
stage elaborate displays of power.
The state television channel, Iraqiya, has been
running a
countdown
clock in a corner of its screen.
And across Baghdad, signs were draped on the
ubiquitous
concrete blast
walls reading "Iraq: my nation, my glory, my
honor."
"We still have important steps to take and we
know
our
way forward is
not easy," Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani
told
Reuters
at the
parade.
"We need to develop our intelligence gathering
and
technical
abilities, because the next war is an
intelligence
war."
Maliki has compared the U.S. pullback to
rebellions
by
Iraqi tribes
against the former British empire in 1920. Many
Iraqis
see it as
restoring their national pride, six years after
the
U.S.
invasion to
oust Saddam turned into a foreign occupation.
"WE CAN TAKE CONTROL"
"Definitely, our forces can take control of
things
now,"
said Dawood
Dawood, 38, who owns a bathroom appliance shop
in
downtown Baghdad.
"The U.S. withdrawal is a positive step."
Some fear a resurgence of violence without the
presence
of U.S. forces
to police Iraq's cities, although their bases
outside
remain close
enough for them to redeploy if needed.
Militants have stepped up attacks in the past
week,
including two of
the biggest bombings in more than a year, which
killed
150 people
between them.
But the tit-for-tat violence that brought Iraq
to
the
brink of all-out
sectarian civil war in 2006-2007 has receded.
In any case, Iraq has to take the plunge
eventually,
with
President
Barack Obama planning to end the U.S. combat
mission
by
August 31 next
year.
The political situation remains unsettled.
Tensions
have
grown between
Baghdad and the minority Kurds in Iraq's north,
and
all
eyes will now
be on a parliamentary election in January that
will
test
Maliki and
Iraq's fledgling democracy.
The troop deadline coincides with the
government's
first
major energy
tender since 2003. Scores of foreign oil
executives
have
flown into
Baghdad for a chance to bid for major fields in
Iraq,
which has the
world's third largest oil reserves.
How long do you thnk it'll be before the Teflon
Messiah
has to send
troops BACK into Iraqi cities to put a stop to
the
"killing fields of
Iraq"? The Messiah pulls troops out of Iraq to
pacify
his
far left
fringe kook supporters but has no idea what'll
happen
after the
Americans move out.
Never.
The Iraqis are free to kill each other.
It's their tradition and we shouldn't interfere-
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So,you think it's ok for radical islam to spread
across
the planet as
long as you still receive your free healthcare and a
gubmint check?
Why is your Messiah imvading Pakistan?? Afghanistan?
Sticking his nose
in Honduras's problems??
Keep you enemies straight.
(Try to stay on subject)
Radical Islam is not an issue in Iraq.
That's the bush,jr lie that took us to war.
Iraq's problem is Sunni vs Shia vs Kurds and oil.
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Why has Obama invaded Pakistan?? Oil?? Why is he
ramping
up the war in
Afghanistan?? Oil??
You are a blind RRR.
Iraq and Afghanistan are different in many ways.
Afghanistan and the world has a problem with Islamic
radical
fundamentalists.
Iraq was an unnecessary invasion unilaterally by bush,jr
Afghanistan is a NATO operation.
These thing have been explained to you over and over
again
yet you fail to comprehend.
Perhaps your brain damage can be corrected.
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What is Obama's exit strategy for Afghanistan?? Has he set
a
withdrawal date?? How will he know when the war is "won"?
Will he be
held responsible for EVERY civilian and American soldier's
death??
Will he be expected to attend the funeral of every fallen
American
soldier?? These exact same questions were asked of Bush by
you
liberals.
First things first.
1. Clean up the mess bush,jr made
2. Determine what is needed
3. Execute the plan.
We have have more support with NATO than we had with
bush,jr's adventure in Iraq.
bush.,jr left a mess of colossal proportion.
Obama will have the right people and the right policies to
resolve the issue.
No, we don't know the answer to you questions.
Why don't you email the White House and get the answer?
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