Baghdad - Tens of thousands of Iraqis crowded into the square Thursday where Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled, along with his regime, six years ago. Waving posters of Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and demanding that President Obama fulfill his promise to withdraw US troops, their presence underscored the eagerness of many Iraqis to see the US leave – but also their apprehension about what comes next, especially after a week of bombings that have marred months of relative calm.
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They will have there civil war no matter how long we stay, its just a waiting period and they are not going anywhere. Its something we cannot stop.
The Baghdad government recently began allowing cars into the Zahara market, and it seemed that everyone was unhappy about it. For the first time in years, the shop owners and sidewalk vendors had to accustom themselves to the sight of cars up and down the street, including a canary yellow Peugeot that was illegally parked next to a photo studio about 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon.
When it exploded, it killed at least 16 people, including many women and children, and injured 40, many with severe burns.
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April 2, 2009: Turkish security forces fought with pro-PKK demonstrators near the village of Omerli in Suruc district (Sanliurfa province). Two people were killed in the incident and two were injured. Omerli is the home village of imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah "Apo" Ocalan.
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Until a few weeks ago Iraqis were still hoping the sixth anniversary of the toppling of the regime of Saddam Hussein would bring some good news to their beleaguered nation, especially in terms of national reconciliation, peace and stability. Sadly, the sounds and the sights of a war-torn Iraq are as much in evidence as ever.
Bombs, ambushes and kidnappings have returned with a vengeance to Baghdad and other Iraqi cities after a decrease in recent months, calling into question claims by Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, backed by US officials, that Iraq has finally returned to normal.
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I will keep saying this, we cannot win in Iraq anymore than we can win in Afghanistan and I am fed up of our seemingly mass delusion that we can.
These are age old conflicts, Saddam and the Taliban kept their populations together under reigns of terror. There are too many competing forces at work we will eventually have to take a back seat until the dust has settled.
All that the rest of the world cares about is the oil, nobody has solved how to stop the underlying fueds that fuel the violence. We cannot occupy forever and we cannot change the fundamentals by our occupation.
It is time to leave their lands.
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