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| Iraq |
| Last US troops leave Iraq, ending war |
| 2011-12-19 |
| [Al Ahram] The last convoy of US soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... to oust dictator Saddam Hussein closes with a fragile democracy still facing orcs, sectarian tensions and the challenge of defining its place in the Arab region. The final column of around 100 mostly U.S. military MRAP armoured vehicles carrying 500 U.S. troops trundled across the southern Iraq desert through the night along an empty highway and across the Kuwaiti border. Honking their horns, the last batch of around 25 American military trucks and tractor trailers carrying Bradley fighting vehicles crossed the border early on Sunday, their crews waving at fellow troops along the route. "I just can't wait to call my wife and kids and let them know I am safe," Rodolfo Ruiz said as the border came into sight. Soon afterwards, he told his men the mission was over, "Hey guys, you made it." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I dunno - Israel seemed pretty happy to let Syria run Lebanon for a long time. Hesb'allah kind of grew then. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-12-19 22:06 |
| #5 Why I'm saying dear Spook is that every time USA becomes active in ME, Israel's (and USA) problems increase. This is, probably, due to the fact that diverse US administrations are advised by people like you. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-12-19 13:58 |
| #4 Grom, bullshit. Stop blaming American - or would you rather we cut your puny ass completely off the US Taxpayer's money line that keeps you afloat? Were there no US aid, you and all those around you would have been under Arab knives long ago. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-12-19 13:24 |
| #3 Wait!!! The war ended in 2004. We've been fighting terrorists and crazed jihadi nutjobs ever since. To have a war you have to have an opposing regime...oh wait, I forgot about Iran. So the war with Iran is over? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-12-19 12:28 |
| #2 That's one way to state it. Another way to look at it, is through historical perspective: Reagan's Lebanese adventure created Hezbollah. Bush's Iraq adventure bids fair to make Iran a regional superpower. The big boys in DC play, and we in Israel are stuck with the results. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-12-19 01:42 |
| #1 The war is now beginning and we may be back. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-12-19 01:03 |