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Iraq remains occupied sez Syria
DAMASCUS Iraq, where US combat operations officially ended on Wednesday, will remain occupied until the last American soldier leaves, Syrias official press said.The American withdrawal from Iraq is an important step but incomplete on the road to the recovery of Iraqi sovereignty, the Al-Baath newspaper of the ruling party said. Iraq will remain an occupied country as long as there is a single American soldier on its soil, the newspaper said.
Iraqs independence will be established once the last (US) soldier leaves, said the government daily Ath-Thawra. The 50,000 American soldiers who remain in Iraq with their weapons and who will receive orders from their country, are maintaining Iraqs occupation, the newspaper said. Al-Baath said that the situation in neighbouring Iraq at the end of the US combat mission is catastrophic. The infrastructure has been wiped out and insecurity reigns in this country which is in the throes of anarchy and corruption, seven years after the US-led invasion, the Al-Baath report said. Posted by: Steve White 2010-09-02 |
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