” War is not coming to an end . The war against terrorism going on here , ” said Nouri al-Moussawi and an inhabitant of Baghdad 51 years old .
The U.S. president said Saturday in his weekly radio address that the end, scheduled for Tuesday , the U.S. combat mission in Iraq , epitomized the promise he had made during the election campaign in 2008 to end the war launched by his predecessor George Bush.
However , the inability of the Iraqi political class to establish a new government , five months after the general election of March 7 , does nothing to restore confidence among the Iraqi population .
” The U.S. withdrawal is precipitated . Our army has not yet acquired all the necessary skills , “said Moussaoui.
The overall level of violence has fallen sharply in Iraq since the peak reached during the carnage of the period 2006-2007 . However , like many Iraqis , the resident does not believe the 660,000 members of the police and Iraqi army capable of providing real protection for the country .
GOVERNMENT CONDITION FOR PEACE
Recently , Sunni insurgents have tested the strength of Iraqi forces killed 57 people in a recruitment center for the army on August 17 and over 60 others in suicide car bombings against police stations across the country , August 25 .
The radio address Obama bodes undoubtedly what he said in a speech televised live from the presidential office in the White House Tuesday, the day after the end of the combat mission of U.S. Iraq.
Obama said Saturday that the war ended in Iraq, where U.S. troop recently went below the 50,000 men.
” Those who say that the war in Iraq ends make a mistake , “said this weekend an Iraqi daily 62 years, Hassan bin Hashim. ” The war will end only when real government partners has been formed that includes all parties and not marginalize any political group , ” Has he said.
Mouhssine al Timimi , a journalist of 47 years, hopes that the war in which more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians and over 4,400 U.S. soldiers have died , will actually be completed .
” But the war , said he , too , will not really end until our politicians will agree and form a government. This will lay the foundation for a better future . Otherwise it will continue, ” concludes He.
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