Iraqi Ambassador Says Early U.S. Troop Withdrawal Would Be Mistake

American Forces Press Service ^ | Gerry Gilmore

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2007 – An early withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq would be a catastrophic mistake, Iraq’s Ambassador to the United States said here today.

“If we set out a date now for a complete withdrawal [of U.S. forces from Iraq}, you can bet your bottom dollar that the terrorists will be waiting for that date and attacking and launching their biggest attacks” on Iraqi civilians and government institutions, Samir Sumaidaie told CNN Late Edition television news show host Wolf Blitzer today.

The Defense Department’s emergency fiscal 2007 supplemental requests includes $93.4 billion to help fund U.S. forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the global war on terror. The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a defense funding bill that requires U.S. combat troops to depart Iraq by Aug. 31, 2008, and also includes some domestic spending measures.

Iraqi soldiers and police are stepping up and “taking charge,” Sumaidaie said, as part of Operation Law and Order, the U.S., coalition and Iraqi security forces’ campaign targeting insurgents and terrorists operating in Baghdad and al Anbar province in western Iraq.

In fact, Iraqi security forces recently conducted some major arrests of terrorists in Mosul and Basra, he said.

Yet, it’s too soon to withdraw American forces from Iraq while the terrorists “are really feeling the pinch” due to Operation Law and Order, the ambassador emphasized.

“Now, we’re in this together. We’ve got to come out of it together,” Sumaidaie declared.

Iraqis do appreciate all that the United States has done for them, Sumaidaie said, noting that while Iraqis wish that the violence in their country would someday end, they understand why the United States’ military is in Iraq.

Al Qaeda terrorists and other violent groups in Iraq continue to attack innocent Iraqi citizens, soldiers and police, well as U.S. servicemembers, he noted.

“Get al Qaeda to stop attacking us and get al Qaeda to say that they will not attack the United States. They will not,” Sumaidaie pointed out. “And, as long as our civilians and your civilians are in danger we have to keep going until we defeat them.”

[SandRat]

FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News at Home and Abroad You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

Or if they do report it, without the anti-War Agenda Spin!

[river rat]

Yep, we be stuck to that tar baby alright!

We will remain stuck, until we do something really spooky- like delivering hell on earth to Syria, Iran and any other sonuvabitch who wishes to pursue their Jihadist activity or to support violent anti coalition forces in Iraq.

The Islamists want and started this war -- well, give WAR a chance...

Muslims who go on a rampage in the West - should be fired upon and moved to internment camps for reeducation or deported..

Would we have tolerated this bullshit during WWII?
Of course not -- why now?

Semper Fi

[smoothsailing]

Emergency War Spending includes:

$500 million for emergency wildfires suppression; the Forest Service currently has $831 million for this purpose;

$400 million for rural schools;

$283 million for the Milk Income Loss Contract program;

$120 million to compensate for the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the shrimp and menhaden fishing industries;

$100 million for citrus assistance;

$74 million for peanut storage costs;

$60.4 million for salmon fisheries in the Klamath River region in California and Oregon;

$50 million for asbestos mitigation at the U.S. Capitol Plant;

$48 million in salaries and expenses for the Farm Service Agency;

$35 million for NASA risk mitigation projects in Gulf Coast;

$25 million for spinach growers;

$25 million for livestock;

$20 million for Emergency Conservation Program for farmland damaged by freezing temperatures;

$16 million for security upgrades to House of Representatives office buildings;

$10 million for the International Boundary and Water Commission for the Rio Grande Flood Control System Rehabilitation project;

$6.4 million for House of Representative’s Salaries and Expenses Account for business continuity and disaster recovery expenses;

$5 million for losses suffered by aquaculture businesses including breeding, rearing, or transporting live fish as a result of viral hemorrhagic septicemia;

$4 million for the Office of Women’s Health at the Food and Drug Administration; and

A minimum wage increase, which is the subject of separate legislation.

[SandRat]

Pork! The other White Meat.

[smoothsailing]

[SandRat]

Hey! That's not fair to the Pig!

Besides, you made Princess Pelosis look beeter than she does.

[JOE43270]

Thanks for posting this SandRat. I agree with it because telling the Bad guys when you going to leave is the worst thing you can tell them. I send my BEST to You and Yours SandRat.

[smoothsailing]

LOL!

[cake_crumb]

" 'If we set out a date now for a complete withdrawal [of U.S. forces from Iraq}, you can bet your bottom dollar that the terrorists will be waiting for that date and attacking and launching their biggest attacks on Iraqi civilians and government institutions,' Samir Sumaidaie told CNN Late Edition television news show host Wolf Blitzer today."

It's amazing that Wolfie let the ambassador complete that entire sentence? Was he taking a nap?

IMO, the cut-run bill is what emboldened the Iranians to commit an act of war against the Brits.

[cake_crumb]

"$500 million for emergency wildfires suppression; the Forest Service currently has $831 million for this purpose;"

I would also like to point out that it's the DEMOCRATS who insist that the devastating wildfires out west are cause by FIRE SUPPRESSION rather than the buildup of deadfall and brush which fuels devastating wildfires in the real world. Adding money for wildfire suppression is a bit hypocritical innit?

[smoothsailing]

I wonder which western congressman took that bribe for their vote.

[cake_crumb]

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[Enchante]

"An early withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq would be a catastrophic mistake, Iraq’s Ambassador to the United States said here today."

Sorry, dude, Pelosi and friends have spoken, the rush to surrender has begun. Don't ask Quisling Democrats to cover your back, you'll be dead.

[smoothsailing]

A despicable bunch, all of 'em.

[cake_crumb]

He'll veto it.

[\/\/ayne]

BTTT

This article has "email a copy" function on it. We need to click to it and email it to every newsroom and politician across the country. I'm taking care of Tucson.

[SandRat]

I doubt the Red Star will publish it. The Citizen might but even they are leaning leftward more each day.