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| Iraq attacks not due to Obama withdrawals: White House |
| 2009-03-11 |
| The White House on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that two recent bloody attacks in Iraq were a reaction to President Barack Obama's decision to pull out most combat troops by August next year. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said security challenges remained in Iraq, but said US agreements with the Baghdad government would not have been made if they were likely to plunge Iraq back into "danger." Gibbs was asked whether the two incidents, the latest of which was a suicide bombing on Tuesday that killed 33 people, were an encouragement to those plotting attacks or emboldened those bent on violence. "No," said Gibbs, adding that he was not aware of any specific intelligence about such a scenario. "But I know that the president and the team remain committed to ensuring that Iraq is a stable and secure country going forward and that we'll continue to continually evaluate that." Gibbs also noted the Status of Forces Agreement signed by the previous Bush administration with Iraq, which mandated the complete withdrawal of all American troops by the end of 2011. Obama has said he plans to honor that timetable. "I don't think that that would be done if it presented a scenario in which the country would fall into further danger," Gibbs said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 ION GLOBALRESEARCH.CA > THE US CONTINUES ITS MILITARY ENCIRCLEMENT OF RUSSIA [ + other regions = Asia]??? Also from GR > RUSSIA, CHINA CALL FOR RESTRAINT ON THE KOREAN PENINUSLA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-11 18:44 |
| #15 "Announce where you're not going to conduct police patrols and operations in a portion of any major city, and let's see what the crime level is in a Fixed that for ya', P2k. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-11 18:12 |
| #14 Everything used to be Bush's fault, but for now it is all Rush Limbaugh's fault. |
| Posted by: Unerelet Crith8441 2009-03-11 16:36 |
| #13 Obama's just fulfilling his campaign promise. He said he'd bring hope. Now he's brought it Al Qaeda in Iraq. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-11 12:32 |
| #12 I'm thinking Condi Rice would have done better with the Russian reset translation herself than whoever did it. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2009-03-11 11:57 |
| #11 Not only are the attacks in Iraq Bush's fault, but so is the drop in the stock market since January, and the needless snub of our British allies. Oh, and the mistranslation on the "reset" button is also Bush's fault, and so is my 5 o'clock shadow. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2009-03-11 11:44 |
| #10 The BO regime needs to understand that negotiation is perceived as a sign of weakness. Only the defeated ask to negotiate a peace. If you are winning why would you stop short of defeat? While the Middle Eastern mentality is very primative in some areas, their attitudes toward negotiations make perfect logic to me. Why would the US after all of the money and blood shed want to negotiate anything with the people that continue to kill our troops and maim our allies? |
| Posted by: James Carville 2009-03-11 10:22 |
| #9 Sorry, Glen. Have to send you back to the range on that one. These muzzie buggers will fill any vacume or weakness, either real or perceived. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-11 09:53 |
| #8 Tell you what. Announce where you're not going to conduct police patrols and operations in a portion of any major city, and let's see what the crime level is in a year. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-11 09:42 |
| #7 The attacks are not per se due to Obama withdrawals; in part they are just one more test of the new boss's strength, and in part they are the result of his perceived weakness, but they would be happening with or without the withdrawals. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-03-11 08:58 |
| #6 "But I know that the I think I've seen this movie before. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-03-11 08:36 |
| #5 More feable attempts at damage control. Gibbs is such a loser. How much longer till he's under the Greyhound? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-11 08:27 |
| #4 "these are not the droids you're looking for." "The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. You will find it a powerful ally." Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-03-11 08:20 |
| #3 Gibbs, when questioned whether the simultaneous Iranian nuclear missile launch at Israel, North Korean invasion of South Korea, and China's invasion of Taiwan had anything to do with perceived weakness on the Obama administration's part responded: "No," said Gibbs, adding that he was not aware of any specific intelligence about such a scenario. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-11 07:27 |
| #2 G*d, he's soo stupid. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-11 03:46 |
| #1 As per the HIDDEN IMAM-MAHDI, methinks the US MARINES andor ARMY AIRBORNE = US ELITE FORCES may have another EPIC/HISTORIC BATTLE looming in their future [2010-2012, NLT 2016]??? BELLEAU WOOD, NORMANDY, CHOSIN, IA DRAND, KHE SANH, ......... Lest we fergit, NOSTRADAMUS > NONE SHALL SEE THE POWERS OF ASIA DESTROYED UNTIL SEVEN = THE SEVENTH HOLDS THE LINE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-11 01:09 |