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  • Iraqi President Thanks 'Heroes Who Came to Liberate Us'

    09/10/2005 11:26:17 AM PDT · by SandRat · 35 replies · 908+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sep 9, 2005 | Kathleen T. Rhem
    WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2005 – Iraq's president today thanked "all the brave American Army" for its sacrifices and losses in liberating Iraq and said his country mourns the loss of American lives in exchange for Iraq's freedom. "We owe to those American heroes who came to liberate us from the worst kind of dictatorship," Jalal Talabani said at the Pentagon after meeting with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and other officials. "Thanks to your brave Army, now Iraqi people (are free)," he said, adding that for the first time Iraqis have freedom of expression,...