Friday, August 20, 2010

No rejoicing in Iraq as U.S. combat mission ends - latimes.com

No rejoicing in Iraq as U.S. combat mission ends - latimes.com: "Reporting from Baghdad — Iraqis danced in the streets when U.S. troops withdrew from their cities a little over a year ago. After the last American combat brigade trundled across the border into Kuwait early Thursday, reversing a journey that began more than seven years ago, there was no rejoicing.

Instead, a mood of deep apprehension tinged with bitterness is taking hold as Iraqis digest the reality that the American invaders whom they once feared would stay forever are in fact going home, when their country is in the throes of a deep political crisis that many think could turn increasingly violent."