Irak

[ThomasWach]

Eine Einschätzung zur Sicherheitslage im Irak aus der Sicht der USA:

Senate report says Iraq is at critical juncture
BAGHDAD – American diplomats and other mission employees may not be safe in Iraq if the U.S. military leaves the volatile country at the end of the year as planned, according to a new report released Tuesday.

The report by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee puts new pressure on a delicate diplomacy between Washington and Baghdad to decide what future role American troops will have in Iraq — if one at all — before they start withdrawing this summer.

At least 159 Iraqi citizens and 100 police and soldiers were killed in insurgent attacks in January — the deadliest month for Iraq since September, according to data released Tuesday by security and health ministry officials in Baghdad.
An Associated Press count of Iraqis killed in attacks over two weeks alone puts the death roll at more than 200.

"The situation in Iraq is at a critical juncture," concluded the report, issued a few hours before Ambassador to Iraq James F. Jeffrey and Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of the U.S. military in Iraq, appear before the Democrat-led Senate panel.

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But the report concluded that too many lives have been lost — more than 4,400 soldiers alone — and more than $750 billion spent to abandon U.S. hopes of forging a long-term diplomatic relationship with Iraq.

Quelle:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110201/ap_o...RlcmVwb3J0