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 Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html --- On Fri, 6/26/09, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim Devine <[email protected]> > Subject: [Pen-l] meanwhile, back in Iraq... > To: "Pen-l" <[email protected]> > 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. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
