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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (239270)	6/29/2005 2:10:03 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578704

""Why don't they find another place to fight terrorism?" asked Abdul Ridha al-Hafadhi, 58, head of a humanitarian aid group. "I don't feel comforted by Bush's remarks; there must be a timetable for their departure."" * "Bush, who is confronting sliding opinion poll support at home for his handling of Iraq, said setting any kind of timetable would encourage the insurgents. But Jameel al-Hadithi, a 63-year-old bookshop owner, felt this was an ominous sign: "Clearly they are planning to stay a long time and terrorist attacks and resistance will increase." "They didn't come to Iraq for the sake of the Iraqi people. Their aim was to deflect terrorism from their own country."" ***************************************************** Iraqis give mixed response to Bush vow to stay on Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:43 AM ET (Page 1 of 2) Iraq: Lawmaker Laid To Rest By Omar Anwar BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Bush's vow to Americans to stick with the war in Iraq despite mounting losses won a mixed reception in Baghdad, where Iraqis expressed both resentment and gratitude on Wednesday. In a half-hour address to U.S. troops, televised nationwide ahead of the July 4 Independence Day holiday, Bush tied Iraq to his global campaign against anti-American Islamist militants. "Iraq is where they are making their stand. So we will fight them there, we will fight them across the world, and we will stay in the fight until the fight is won," he said on the anniversary of the formal return of sovereignty to Iraqis. There would be no timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops, he said, although the 140,000-strong force would not be enlarged and would "stand down" as Iraqis were trained to "stand up." Many Iraqis in the capital, weary after more than two years of bloodshed and economic dislocation, view U.S. troops with a degree of mistrust but also as a bulwark against sectarian violence they fear might trigger civil war if they left. Grateful, in the main, for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, many are dismayed by what they see as heavy-handed tactics and a failure by the U.S. occupiers to prevent Iraq becoming a new haven for foreign Islamists in the chaos that followed Saddam. "Why don't they find another place to fight terrorism?" asked Abdul Ridha al-Hafadhi, 58, head of a humanitarian aid group. "I don't feel comforted by Bush's remarks; there must be a timetable for their departure." NO TIMETABLE Bush, who is confronting sliding opinion poll support at home for his handling of Iraq, said setting any kind of timetable would encourage the insurgents. But Jameel al-Hadithi, a 63-year-old bookshop owner, felt this was an ominous sign: "Clearly they are planning to stay a long time and terrorist attacks and resistance will increase." "They didn't come to Iraq for the sake of the Iraqi people. Their aim was to deflect terrorism from their own country."** Continued ... reuters.com