US SECDEF LINKS 9/11 AND IRAQ
"US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops in Baghdad on Monday that 9/11 was the reason they were in Iraq, before he was quickly corrected by his spokesman." The reason you guys are here is because of 9/11. The US got attacked and 3,000 human beings got killed because of Al-Qaeda," Panetta told about 150 soldiers at the Camp Victory US base. "We've been fighting as a result of that," he said..."
http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-makes-9-11-gaffe-iraq-153134925.html
Friday, July 08, 2011
U.S. PRESENCE TO CONTINUE IN IRAQ
"... administration officials have exerted tremendous pressure on the Iraqi government to “ask” the U.S. to keep its forces in Iraq. Neither Iraqis nor Americans signed up for this kind of a deal: the permanent occupation of Iraq... But even if President Obama withdraws all our troops, which seems improbable today, America would still have tens of thousands of private contractors there, along with a huge embassy. Last February, Congress authorized the State Department to increase its embassy staff in Iraq to 17,000. This is by far the largest contingency of American embassy personnel. The embassy compound is actually an enclosed and fully functioning city within Baghdad. Embassy staff will also be placed at five additional locations across Iraq, and the embassy will operate 24 helicopters and 19 planes..."
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_iraq8_07-08-11_PAP1KCO_v7.36ddf.html
"... administration officials have exerted tremendous pressure on the Iraqi government to “ask” the U.S. to keep its forces in Iraq. Neither Iraqis nor Americans signed up for this kind of a deal: the permanent occupation of Iraq... But even if President Obama withdraws all our troops, which seems improbable today, America would still have tens of thousands of private contractors there, along with a huge embassy. Last February, Congress authorized the State Department to increase its embassy staff in Iraq to 17,000. This is by far the largest contingency of American embassy personnel. The embassy compound is actually an enclosed and fully functioning city within Baghdad. Embassy staff will also be placed at five additional locations across Iraq, and the embassy will operate 24 helicopters and 19 planes..."
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_iraq8_07-08-11_PAP1KCO_v7.36ddf.html
