Bush Says Major Combat in Iraq Over
Friday, May 02, 2003
U.S., Britain Mull U.N. Role in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Hours after making an historic landing aboard a moving aircraft carrier, President Bush told sailors manning the USS Abraham Lincoln Thursday that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
"Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out with a combination of precision, speed and boldness the enemy did not expect, and the world had not seen before," Bush told a sea of blue and khaki standing on the flight deck. "Marines and soldiers charged to Baghdad across 350 miles of hostile ground, in one of the swiftest advances of heavy arms in history. You have shown the world the skill and might of the American armed forces."
Bush said the coalition that had liberated Iraq from dictator Saddam Hussein is now working to
secure and reconstruct the country. The coalition aims to build schools and hospitals, prosecute Iraqi leaders and find weapons of mass destruction.
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http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ONUQMqXzBKsJ:www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85777,00.html+iraq+war+2003++victory&hl=deOn edit:
this is a funny text to read, too. It's from the prominent "Heritage Foundation and dates back to 2003, too:
"Blueprint for Freedom: Limiting the Role of the United Nations in Post-War Iraq
by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., and David B. Rivkin, Jr., Esq.
Executive Summary #1646"
April 21, 2003
http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/bg1646es.cfmHello from Germany,
Dirk