Thursday, July 22, 2010

Iraq: On Ground Updates - July 22, 2010

Iraq: On Ground Updates
US Troops Begin Major August Pullout - Iran Wins Another Round?
Thursday, July 22, 2010

U.S. Army photo by Capt. Y. Daniel Hosaka
Read the story behind the photo HERE
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* PeoplesWorld.org brings us the following report today and it starts off like this... The United States has begun withdrawing troops from Iraq ahead of a major August pullout. A contingent left July 13, cutting short their normal 12-month tour of duty... The August withdrawal is billed as ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, fulfilling a vow President Obama made shortly after taking office last year. Yet some 50,000 "noncombat" troops will remain, along with thousands of private contractors and other U.S. personnel...
Read the rest at link below...
U.S. begins Iraq pullout
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* nydailynews.com has this report... On Monday, the anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr met with Iyad Allawi, who is vying to become Iraq's next prime minister after his coalition narrowly won parliamentary elections in March... It might seem like a minor development in the endless political jockeying over forming a stable government in Iraq. But, in fact, this meeting was a victory for Iran and another setback for the United States...
Read the full report at link below...
Iran wins a round in Iraq: Moqtada al-Sadr's rise could stoke sectarian tensions, help Tehran

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How Soon We Forget
It is wonderful to see Iraq coming off the major news stories everyday and having to see so many lives being regularly lost over there... daily. But it is not over yet. Not by a long shot...
We can only pray President Obama doesn’t screw the whole mess up!!!
It’s his baby along now... any finger pointing shall be in his direction, only.
AubreyJ.........

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