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Five years ago as of May 1 Bush announced that, “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” The war has now claimed 4,064 soldiers. Only the Revolutionary War, the Vietnam War, and the war in Afghanistan have lasted longer the the Iraq War. The Iraqi army which was supposed to be fully active by 2006, [...]
Source of Article ALJAZEERA
Date of Article 3/24/08
The US death toll in Iraq has just recently passed 4,000 deaths. At least 97 percent of that number came after George Bush declared an end to major conflict on May 1, 2003. Besides the two world wars Vietnam has been the most costly war in American history with [...]
According to an FBI agent Saddam Hussein wanted the world to believe that he had weapons of mass destruction to intimidate Iran. It was critical for Hussein to appear as the same strong, defiant Hussein because he was afraid of what Iran might do. He anticipated that the US would launch an aerial attack and [...]
BBC Middle East