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    In Washington, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that “Iraq’s future is in the hands of its own people,” warning of more violence in the days ahead, but signaling optimism that Iraq will prevail as a stable, sovereign nation. "The Iraqi people are rightly treating this as a cause for celebration ... The future belongs to those who build, not to those who destroy." Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette
    The Iraqi people are rightly treating this as a cause for celebration ... The future belongs to those who build, not to those who destroy.
    Barack Obama – Barack Obama SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago
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Iraq celebrates formal pullout of US troops
  1. Iraq’s future is in the hands of its own people
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago
  2. There are still people out there who do not want the government of Iraq to succeed.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago
  3. It reminds me that there are still dangers out there
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago
  4. I hope our forces will be up to the task so we can return to normalcy
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago
  5. I felt it was normal for an Iraqi soldier, rather than an American, to order me to stop for a search
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago
  6. The Americans’ cowboy style was annoying
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 5 months ago

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