US Army Leaving Iraq Pictures

[lkdood]

As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos.

For these troops of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, it was a moment of relief fraught with symbolism. Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq, well ahead of President Barack Obama's Aug. 31 deadline for ending U.S. combat operations there.

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[northtech]

lucky guys !!!

 

[fazil00789]

lucky guys !!!

 

[Michael]

nice pictures

 

[Dreams001]

Loakye inna pahathma ballo tika.Mun ahinsak minissunta karapu dewal apita mathaka naha.Poddak parana news pages walata giyanam therey mey ballo karapu dewal.Munta oyawa padisan denawa witharak newei widonawa.

 

[lkdood]

lucky guys !!!

 

[prasadana2]

its not over yet neda?

 

[rajitha2009]

පරිස්සමෙන් ගෙදර යන්න හොදේ!!!

 

[sarara]

Munta Mole Pedilada???????????????

 

[Sailani]

Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated - A UN issued report dated Sept 20, 2006 stating that Iraqi civilian casualties have been significantly under-reported. Casualties are reported at 50,000 to over 100,000, but may be much higher. Some informed estimates place Iraqi civilian causalities at over 600,000.
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Journalists killed - 141, 94 by murder and 47 by acts of war

Journalists killed by US Forces - 14

Non-Iraqi Contractors and Civilian Workers Killed - 571

Non-Iraqi Kidnapped - 306, including 57 killed, 147 released, 4 escaped, 6 rescued and 89 status unknown.


QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS

Iraqis Displaced Inside Iraq, by Iraq War, as of May 2007 - 2,255,000

Iraqi Refugees in Syria & Jordan - 2.1 million to 2.25 million

Iraqi Unemployment Rate - 27 to 60%, where curfew not in effect

Consumer Price Inflation in 2006 - 50%
Iraqi Children Suffering from Chronic Malnutrition - 28% in June 2007 (Per CNN.com, July 30, 2007)

Percent of professionals who have left Iraq since 2003 - 40%

Iraqi Physicians before 2003 Invasion - 34,000

Iraqi Physicians Who Have Left Iraq since 2005 Invasion - 12,000

Iraqi Physicians Murdered Since 2003 Invasion - 2,000

Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity - 1 to 2 hours, per Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (Per Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2007)

Average Daily Hours Iraqi Homes Have Electricity - 10.9 in May 2007
Average Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity - 5.6 in May 2007
Pre-War Daily Hours Baghdad Homes Have Electricity - 16 to 24
Number of Iraqi Homes Connected to Sewer Systems - 37%
Iraqis without access to adequate water supplies - 70% (Per CNN.com, July 30, 2007)

Water Treatment Plants Rehabilitated - 22%

RESULTS OF POLL Taken in Iraq in August 2005 by the British Ministry of Defense (Source: Brookings Institute)

Iraqis "strongly opposed to presence of coalition troops - 82%

Iraqis who believe Coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security - less than 1%

Iraqis who feel less ecure because of the occupation - 67%

Iraqis who do not have confidence in multi-national forces - 72%

U.S. SPENDING IN IRAQ

Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $900 billion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through Sept 2010.

U.S. 2009 Monthly Spending in Iraq - $7.3 billion as of Oct 2009

U.S. 2008 Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion

U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008 (per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008)

Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)
Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors. Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.

Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. (Per CBS News on Dec 6, 2007.)

Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings

Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion

Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion

Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion

http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

ABOVE STATICS MAY NOT 100% CORRECT THOUGH WE ALL KNOW THE THE REALITY WILL BE HIGHER THAN THIS....

DID THEY FOUND THE WEAPONS OF MATER DESTRUCTION AHH ???

THE RESULT OUT OF THIS WAR IS ...

*OUTBREAK OF IRAQI INSURGENCY
**OUTBREAK OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
***GIVE BIRTH TO A NATION OF CORRUPT REGIME WITH MANY WARLORDS

 

[Silver bird]

Loakye inna pahathma ballo tika.Mun ahinsak minissunta karapu dewal apita mathaka naha.Poddak parana news pages walata giyanam therey mey ballo karapu dewal.Munta oyawa padisan denawa witharak newei widonawa.

Ekanam attha ban. man hithena widihata americawa danatama widawanna patan aran.

 

[Dharatha]

There are no winners in war

 

[lkdood]

its not over yet neda?

all combat brigades have left Iraq

currently 50000 US troops remain in Iraq to support the Iraqi army

These troops are required to leave Iraq by 31 December 2011 under an agreement between the US and Iraqi governments

 

[Dharatha]

Loakye inna pahathma ballo tika.Mun ahinsak minissunta karapu dewal apita mathaka naha.Poddak parana news pages walata giyanam therey mey ballo karapu dewal.Munta oyawa padisan denawa witharak newei widonawa.

එහෙම කියන්න එපා මචන් එ ඇමරිකානු සොල්දාදුවෙ කරෙ තම රටෙ එවකට හිටිය ජනාදිපතිට අවනත විමක් විතරයි ,මොනවා උනත් දැන් ඉරාකෙ තත්වයට වග කියන්න ඔන ඇමරිකාව , අපි බලමු දැන් මොකද ඉරාකෙට වෙන්නෙ කියලා , සුවර් Saudi තම හමුදා එවලා කැල්ලක් අල්ල ගනියි ඉරාකෙ ඉතුරු වෙන කැල්ල ඉරානය අල්ල ගනිවි , ඇමරිකාව ඉරාකෙන් යන්නෙ ඉරාකය ලොකු පබගාලක පටලවලා

 

[Dreams001]

එහෙම කියන්න එපා මචන් එ ඇමරිකානු සොල්දාදුවෙ කරෙ තම රටෙ එවකට හිටිය ජනාදිපතිට අවනත විමක් විතරයි ,මොනවා උනත් දැන් ඉරාකෙ තත්වයට වග කියන්න ඔන ඇමරිකාව , අපි බලමු දැන් මොකද ඉරාකෙට වෙන්නෙ කියලා , සුවර් Saudi තම හමුදා එවලා කැල්ලක් අල්ල ගනියි ඉරාකෙ ඉතුරු වෙන කැල්ල ඉරානය අල්ල ගනිවි , ඇමරිකාව ඉරාකෙන් යන්නෙ ඉරාකය ලොකු පබගාලක පටලවලා

machan uba kiyanadey hariyata hari machan..eeth mama adahas kare unge ARMY rulz gana newei ban.Uba balapan issra aawa pics vdo,mun podi laynta oluwa gun eka thiyala wedi thiynawa.Ahinsakama minissu adhunm nathuwa wali uda nidi kerewwa,thaman dakin dhakina gahanu ussna gihin dhooshnaya kara.minissunta ballo wagey gahawa,mewwa machan unge jaathiyama waidwanwa ban.

 

[lkdood]

nice pictures

 

[Dreams001]

There are no winners in war

 

[Dharatha]

machan uba kiyanadey hariyata hari machan..eeth mama adahas kare unge ARMY rulz gana newei ban.Uba balapan issra aawa pics vdo,mun podi laynta oluwa gun eka thiyala wedi thiynawa.Ahinsakama minissu adhunm nathuwa wali uda nidi kerewwa,thaman dakin dhakina gahanu ussna gihin dhooshnaya kara.minissunta ballo wagey gahawa,mewwa machan unge jaathiyama waidwanwa ban.

ඔව් ඇත්ත මචන් , එත් දැන් ඉරාකෙන් දැන් ඇමරිකාව ඉවත් උනොත් තත්වය තව බරපතල වෙවි

 

[bolt]

lucky guys

 

[Randir]

i watched a video on youtube yesterday about this, tnkz for sharing...