Ends mission to us at Iraq

No there was no sign that boast of a "mission accomplished". Nor have there been any parade through the center of this capital damaged and recomposed after nearly nine years of war. No crowds of excited Iraqis being rid of Saddam Hussein.

On the other hand, the US military said yesterday Thursday the end of his mission in Iraq with a discreet ceremony behind the walls of a complex fortified at the airport in Baghdad.

The flag used by the Americans in Iraq was lowered and stored during a 45-minute ceremony. Any Iraqi political leader was present.

In this way, and with few words of senior US officials who came to guarded by strict measures of security due to the persistent violence in Iraq, United States dropped the curtain of a war that left 4,500 Americans and more than 100,000 Iraqis dead, mostly civilians.

The conflict also u000aleft other 32,000 Americans and many more Iraqi wounded, squeezed more than 800 billion dollars of el tesoro de United States and caused resentment in a majority of Americans for a war that many initially supported as an extension of the war on terrorism after the attacks of el 2001.

Put an end to the war was one of the first objectives of the Presidency of Barack Obama, and the Thursday ceremony lets you promise a crucial of your campaign.

At a time in which withdrew last Iraq, soldiers left behind a nation free from the tyranny of Saddam but harassed by violence and fearful of the future.

Bombings and shootings are still common.

And experts are concerned about the capacity of the Iraqi security forces to defend the nation from threats foreign.

"You retire with great pride", said the Secretary of Defense Leon u000aPanetta soldiers in airport

"Safe in knowing that your sacrifice has helped the Iraqi people to begin a new chapter in its history".

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BARACK OBAMA greets EL TRIUNFO
Barack Obama US President hailed "a triumph special, which took nine years", and stressed "the hard work and sacrifice" were necessary.

"Know perfectly well the high price of this war." More than one and a half million Americans served in Iraq. "More than 30,000 of them were injured, and are only the wounded with visible wounds," he added referring to the psychological after-effects suffered by some veterans of war.

The last us soldiers, who now travel to Kuwait, leave the country to the Iraqi security forces, recognized as suitable for dealing with internal threats, but for the time being unable to guarantee the security of the borders and to protect the u000aairspace and territorial waters of Iraq.

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