Iraqis rejoice as U.S. troops leave Baghdad
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 29. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Tim Cocks and Muhanad Mohammed
Reuters
June 29, 2009
* U.S. troops to quit towns and cities on June 30
* Iraqi soldiers parade through streets of capital
U.S. troops pulled out of Baghdad on Monday, triggering jubilation among Iraqis hopeful that foreign military occupation is ending six years after the invasion to depose Saddam Hussein.
Iraqi soldiers paraded through the [...]
Prime Minister says U.S. Withdrawal is Iraq Victory
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 25. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
STEVEN LEE MYERS and MARC SANTORA
New York Times
June 25, 2009
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has taken to calling the withdrawal of American combat troops from Iraq’s cities by next Tuesday a “great victory,” a repulsion of foreign occupiers he compares to the rebellion against British troops in 1920.
And the Americans are going along [...]
Iraqis detain 5 US contractors in Baghdad
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 07. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Sinan Salaheddin
AP
June 7, 2009
Iraqi authorities have detained five U.S. contractors in connection with the death of another American contractor in Baghdad, officials said Sunday, in what could be the first case of Americans facing local justice under a joint security pact that took effect this year.
The body of Jim Kitterman, who was reportedly bound, blindfolded [...]
Bush told Houston Journalist: If Elected, “I’m Going to Invade Iraq”
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 03. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Sherwood Ross
Uruknet
June 3, 2009
Two years before the 9/11 attacks on America, George W. Bush told a Houston journalist if elected president, “I’m going to invade Iraq.”
Bush made the comments about starting an aggressive war to veteran Houston Chronicle reporter Mickey Herskowitz, then working with Bush on his book “A Charge To Keep,” later brought out [...]