LIMA TAHUN INVASI KE IRAK: Tragedi Terbesar sejak PD II

AP photo/KARIM KADIM / Kompas Images
Seorang tenaga medis sedang mengobati seorang gadis cilik yang cedera karena terkena serpihan mortir di sebuah sekolah dasar di kawasan Baladiyat, Baghdad, Irak, Senin (17/3). Dua anak cedera dan lima anak lainnya meninggal akibat ledakan di dekat sekolah tersebut. Begitulah lebih kurang keadaan sehari-hari di Irak, nyawa anak-anak pun tak terlindungi selama lima tahun invasi AS.

 

Iraq war shows limits of US power

 

By John Simpson–World affairs editor, BBC News–Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 I have spent almost a year of my life here, reporting on the conflict.

Five years on, Bush again talks of Iraq victory

By Matt Spetalnick 44 minutes ago

President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he had no regrets about the unpopular war in Iraq despite the “high cost in lives and treasure” and declared that the United States was on track for victory.

Bush: We can’t jeopardize gains in Iraq

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago

Five years after launching the invasion of Iraq, President Bush strongly signaled Wednesday that he won’t order troop withdrawals beyond those already planned because he refuses to “jeopardize the hard-fought gains”

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