The End Of The War In Iraq

The US President, Barack Obama declared The end of the war in Iraq  

Iraq war which lasted from 9 years ago was declared ended. This is expressed by the President of the United States Barack Obama in his encounter with the Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri Kamal al-Maliki at the White House, Washington, Monday yesterday (3/12).

It was estimated that war causes nearly 1 million lives drift, including due to disease and hunger. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled to neighboring countries.

The war was initially aiming to topple Saddam Hussein, accused of having weapons of mass destruction and allied with Al Qaeda, which is judged offensive against the United States in 2001. Charges were also eventually invited rebuttal of many parties, both from within his own United States or internationally. The mass was the destroyer of weapons can never be shown to the public by the end of the occupation of Iraq by the inconsistency of United States was also marked by derives The Star and Stripes (the flag of the United States), in military ceremonies of shaft, which stood near Baghdad, Thursday afternoon local time.  The ceremony was attended by dignitaries, including United States Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, the Commander of the United States in Iraq, the Mandala General Lloyd Austin, United States Ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff of the armed forces of the United States, General Martin Dempsey, and the head of the Central United States Central command, General James Mattis.

A number of United States soldiers are killed in 4577 Iraq since the US-led invasion to topple superpower that Saddam Hussein in 2003. 2007 was the year of hell for them, 904 troops were killed.

Not just the United States military personnel who were killed, because the countries 4.802 Coalition--United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and others--were killed in the Middle East. Also in 2007 was the deadliest for coalition personnel, the 961 was killed there.

Military ceremony of lowering the flag of United States that took place a day after hundreds of people in Fallujah burned the flag of the superpower, and shouting support-support for "resistance".

Fallujah, a city with about half a million people in Western Baghdad, is still very hurt by two United States army attacks in 2004. At that time, the theater of the Fallujah is considered one of the hardest war for the United States since the Viet Nam war.  About 2,000 residents and 140 people dead as well as the United States battle of Fallujah.