Re: [Pen-l] meanwhile, back in Iraq...

[ken hanly <northsunm@xxxxxxxxx>]

  The withdrawal does not mean that the US will not still be involved in cities and in the case of Baghdad the US has used a technicality to keep a base with 3,000 troops located there.

See a Withdrawal in Name Only..

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6211


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--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Pen-l] meanwhile, back in Iraq...
> To: "Pen-l" <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 12:03 PM
> from SLATE:
> >The New York Times leads with a look at how Iraq's
> government is celebrating the withdrawal of U.S. combat
> troops from its cities by June 30, which, contrary to what
> many expected, appears to be moving along right on schedule.
> ...
> 
> > To the surprise of many, American commanders have
> closed outposts even in cities such as Baghdad and Mosul,
> where they had tried to maintain some presence but were
> rejected by Iraqi officials. Prime Minister Nouri Kamal
> al-Maliki calls it a "great victory," and Tuesday has been
> declared a national holiday. American officials have largely
> fulfilled Maliki's demands, and Iraqis are starting to
> realize they're not seeing as many U.S. troops as they once
> did patrolling the streets. Far from celebrating though,
> many Iraqis are worried about the potential of increasing
> violence, which could end up deteriorating Maliki's power
> base. Yesterday, at least seven bombs exploded around the
> country, a day after at least 76 people were killed by a
> bomb that exploded in Baghdad's Sadr City. "When the
> Americans get out of city centers, a big war will start,"
> one woman said. (Early-morning wire stories report that a
> bomb exploded in Baghdad today, killing at least 13
> people.)<
> -- 
> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti."
> (Go your own
> way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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