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Obama announced the success of the Iraq war and describes the end Balsabh
On: Friday 16/12/2011 5:58
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, President Barack Obama, Thursday, that the future of Iraq will be in the hands of his people and the American war which will end, noting that the war in Iraq is a success Requests for nine years, pointing at the same time to "hard work and sacrifices" which they felt was necessary to achieve success.
Obama said during his meeting with Soldiers of the eighty-second in the U.S. military returning from Iraq and their families at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said that "everything done by American soldiers in Iraq fighting and dying and bleeding and construction, training and partnerships led us to the moment of this success," he "Iraq today has become the responsibility of the Iraqi government and people."
Obama said on the impact of slogans welcoming hats soldiers the red that "this day wonderful for the end of the war lasted a long time we knew he was coming," adding that "end the war more difficult than it began."
The President the U.S. that his administration "leaves behind a sovereign independent, able to manage its own affairs with the government representative of all elected by its people," pointing out that "both sides are building a new partnership between the two countries, and end the war not the battle final, but the march last towards the homeland."
Obama said that "the the war in Iraq will soon be a thing of the past, and you'll find that you are takes place the call and your homeland, and Khaddemtem cause greater than yourselves, and have helped to establish just and lasting peace with Iraq, and among all peoples, "adding that" even though Iraq is not ideal but this fantastic achievement, about nine years. "
Obama said that "the cost of the war launched to topple Saddam Hussein was prohibitive," asserting that "the United States took a lesson from the conflict, which led to deep divisions in American politics and the world."
He noted U.S. President Barack Obama to that "The Iraq war represents a great success Requests for nine years," pointing at the same time to "hard work and sacrifices that were necessary to achieve what has been achieved."
He said Obama was "well aware of the high price of this war, more than 1.5 million Americans have served in Iraq and more than 300 thousand wounded and others were bruised not see the eyes, "referring to the soldiers who have suffered psychological problems upon their return to their country.
and closed the American forces on its headquarters in Baghdad comes down so the curtain on nine years of war has not ceased since the invasion of the country in 2003 to topple Saddam's regime, and a the ceremony will be held today for the occasion today the last chapter in the story of a bloody began with conviction the United States that dropped the Saddam regime would make it win automatically the hearts and minds of Iraqis.
summarized the U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the war years, nine by saying that "Our mission is coming to an end after we have made great sacrifices and a lot of the dead, "stressing at the same time" we have succeeded in this task, which was focused on the establishment of Iraq that can govern itself, and to provide security for its people. "
He said Panetta said in remarks to reporters before his arrival in Baghdad that "Iraq has today, an army can face the threats will not be easy that the country is facing challenges such as terrorism, and economic divisions and social, "explaining that his country" and provided them with opportunities to succeed. "
and leave U.S. troops Iraq by the end of the year, leaving behind them 900 thousand man Iraqi security seem ready to deal with internal threats, but they are unable to protect the land border and air and water, according to military officials and Iraqi politicians and U.S., as well as additional concerns that Iraq may be affected by the forces of regional, such as Iran, which is the enemy of the United States.
and reached U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Thursday, to Baghdad on an unannounced visit by the two weeks of full withdrawal from Iraq, as confirmed to the Commission on Security and Defence Assembly affirmed that Panetta will participate in the festive occasion of the American withdrawal end of the year.
The visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to Iraq, the second since taking office early last July, after his first visit to the tenth of the same month .
's visit Panetta hours after the return of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki from Washington, which arrived in the (11 December 2011), at the head of a ministerial delegation chief, during which he met senior U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama, who said in a press conference, Monday evening (12 December 2011), with al-Maliki that the United States will be close and support Iraq after the withdrawal, while Maliki confirmed that relations between Iraq and the U.S. will not end with the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq.
Under the security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 to train and equip Iraqi forces before withdrawing all U.S. forces from all territory and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of 2011 the current, has withdrawn combat troops from towns and villages and towns of Iraq June 30, 2009, at the time confirmed the U.S. military in Iraq, he did not it is only less than seven thousand troops.
is expected to continue relationship with Iraq and the United States during the next phase in what is known (the Strategic Framework Agreement) and which provides for the exchange and partnership between the two countries in economic, diplomatic, cultural and security.
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