Scheduled to end this month, U.S. troops in Iraq combat mission
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua Wang Fengfeng Ran Wei) 11, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the United States scheduled to end in this month's fighting in Iraq, the task force.
Gibbs said Obama called that morning to discuss Iraq security team, to listen to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and U.S. military commanders and others Aodiernuo report. He said Aodiernuo told Obama, the U.S. military will be planned by the end of August before the end of the fighting forces in Iraq.
according to Obama's withdrawal plan, U.S. forces will withdraw all combat troops this month, the number of troops in Iraq by the beginning of last year's 14 million to 5 million. This 5 million will be withdrawn before the end of 2011. After the withdrawal of all combat troops remain in Iraq until the U.S. non-combat troops to withdraw from, will be responsible to provide support and training Iraqi forces, with the Iraqi side to implement anti-terrorism mission, and goals for the U.S. security personnel and so on.
but intense in the withdrawal of U.S. troops, while the security situation in Iraq in recent nosedive, a chain of suicide bombings occurred intensive. In addition, Iraq March 7 parliamentary elections into a political stalemate, difficult to form a new government late, so that the outside world after the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, worried about the prospect of political and security, especially in 2011 after the withdrawal of all U.S. forces situation.
this Gibbs said Aodiernuo that the security situation in Iraq than when the worst has been greatly improved, Iraqi security forces have been able to individually afford the country's security responsibilities. Vice President Joe Biden and Christopher Hill, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, reported the same day the United States to Barack Obama urged Iran's efforts to form a new government as soon as possible.
