Iraq: Does the Occupation Still Have Ongoing Repercussions?
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Does the Occupation Still Have Ongoing Repercussions?
Al Iraq News, Iraq
By Ahmed Sabree
Translated By Curt Sayers
29 December 2013
Edited by Kyrstie Lane
In a few days it will be the second anniversary of the end of the American occupation in Iraq. This closed the curtain on the bloody story that began with the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The invasion of Iraq began with Shock and Awe and ended with the American forces leaving piles of metal behind, as they withdrew from the last base in southern Iraq.
After the occupation the situation left Iraq was dilapidated and demolished, and the government was nonhomogenous. The people will need decades to pass through the atrocities of the war and misfortunes.
Even given the withdrawal of the American occupation forces, the Iraqis remember that the American forces stayed in Iraq for 3,175 days. The occupation began on April 10, 2003 and, during it, the U.S. Army deployed more than a million Americans (as was said by American President Barack Obama). This is in addition to surpassing more than a half million contractors and members of security companies. The numbers of American forces lost in Iraq are vague still, and are enveloped in American military statements that their losses did not reach 5,000 killed. Analysts confirm that the number is much higher than this.