Автор работы: Пользователь скрыл имя, 12 Декабря 2012 в 14:22, практическая работа
At the beginning of 2011, the proclaimed terrorist group al-Qaeda in Iraq was eventually defeated in May after Huthaifa al-Batawi was killed and who was the only man left in the group as the head leader. Also there were number of attacks on American military forces happened in Iraq during the year. On January 15, 2011,two U.S. soldiers were killed and a third injured when an Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. troops during training in the northern city of Mosul.
For most of the last decade, Iraq occupied center stage in the Arab world, as it was swiftly invaded and occupied by American forces in March 2003.
Iraq 2011
At the beginning of 2011, the proclaimed terrorist group al-Qaeda in Iraq was eventually defeated in May after Huthaifa al-Batawi was killed and who was the only man left in the group as the head leader.
Also there were number of attacks on American military forces happened in Iraq during the year. On January 15, 2011,two U.S. soldiers were killed and a third injured when an Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. troops during training in the northern city of Mosul.
On June 6, 2011, five U.S. troops were killed in an apparent rocket attack on Camp Victory, located near Baghdad International Airport. The deaths are the single largest loss of life among U.S. troops in Iraq since 2009. The attack showed Iraq's still precarious security situation despite a fall in violence from past levels.
On June 29, 2011, three U.S. troops were killed in a rocket attack on a U.S. base located near the border with Iran. It was speculated that the militant group responsible for the attack was the same that attacked Camp Victory just over three weeks before. Considering all this attacks June of 2011 became the bloodiest month in Iraq for the U.S. military since June 2009, with 15 U.S. soldiers killed, only one of them outside combat.
The year of 2011 in Iraq is also marked as one of the important years because of the final withdrawal of American troops from the country.
With the collapse of the discussions about extending the stay of any U.S. troops beyond 2011, where they would not be granted any immunity from the Iraqi government, on October 21, 2011 President Obama announced at a White House press conference that all remaining U.S. troops and trainers would leave Iraq by the end of the year as previously scheduled, bringing the U.S. mission in Iraq to an end. The U.S. will retain an embassy in Baghdad with some 17,000 personnel, consulates in Basra, Mosul and Kirkuk, which have been allocated more than 1,000 staff each and between 4,000 to 5,000 defense contractors.
In November 2011, the U.S. Senate voted down a resolution to formally end the war by bringing its authorization by Congress to an end. President Obama and al-Maliki outlined a broad agenda for post-war cooperation without American troops in Iraq during a joint press conference on 12 December 2011 at the White House. This agenda includes cooperation on energy, trade and education as well as cooperation in security, counter-terrorism, economic development and strengthening Iraq's institutions. Both leaders said their countries will maintain strong security, diplomatic and economic ties after the last U.S. combat forces withdraw at the end of 2011.
As the last of the American troops prepared to exit Iraq, Obama said the United States was leaving behind a "sovereign, stable and self-reliant" Iraq. "I would describe our troops as having succeeded in the mission of giving to the Iraqis their country in a way that gives them a chance for a successful future," Obama said
On 15 December, an American military ceremony was held in Baghdad putting a formal end to the U.S mission in Iraq. The latest 500 soldiers left Iraq under cover of darkness and under strict secrecy. Less than 200 Embassy Guards remain in Iraq after the withdrawal and are also scheduled to leave the gulf by May 31.
On Dec. 15, 2011, the American military formally ended its mission in Iraq, one that cost the lives of 4,487 service members, with another 32,226 wounded in action; more than one million service members served in Iraq during the course of the conflict. Tens of thousands of Iraqis died in the fighting that followed, although there are no firm estimates.
Even after the formal withdrawal, the military still has two bases in Iraq and roughly 4,000 troops. At the height of the war in 2007, there were 505 bases and more than 170,000 troops. More than one million service members served in Iraq during the course of the conflict.
The end of America’s military involvement reflected the messy, sectarian state of Iraqi politics — both in terms of the political forces that led to America’s withdrawal and in the sectarian political strains that boiled over as soon as the last troops had left.
Bibliography:
NY Times, Iraq http://topics.nytimes.com/top/
Cnn.com
http://www.reuters.com/
The Americans tried to change Iraq, but first they were surprised by how our politicians acted before they came to power, and after they took power they were even worse. They did accomplish a political process, a constitution, but not for us. It was just to make them look good in front of their own people, and we were the victims.
Because of the Americans I lost my brother and seven of my relatives because I used to work with contractors who worked with the Americans, so we were a target for the insurgents.