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Holiday In Wales U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise trip to Iraq Friday to visit U.S. and Iraqi troops, and see how they are working together to build Iraq's new armed forces.

Troops responsible for cleaning up Iraqi ammunition dumps may have been exposed to depleted uranium, a form of uranium used in munitions because of its density and metallurgical properties.

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Given the elusiveness of those goals, many military experts believe that Rumsfeld's hope that the troops might be out by 2008 is wildly optimistic.

Cottage Holiday In Wales Feb 11, 2005 (AXcess News) Baghdad - U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise trip to Iraq Friday to visit U.S. and Iraqi troops, and see how they are working together to build Iraq's new armed forces.Secretary Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq at daybreak, and walked through the fog at an airfield in the northern town of Mosul to visit injured U.S. troops at a combat hospital. At the base's auditorium, he told several hundred soldiers in desert camouflage that they share the credit for the success of Iraq's elections nearly two weeks ago. He said they should feel proud that they helped liberate the people of Iraq.

Genuine opponents of the war will not want US and British troops bailed out by the UN to spread their destruction elsewhere. They will not want proxy forces in blue helmets doing Bush's dirty work for him. The most desirable resolution is a humiliating withdrawal forced by both resistance in Iraq and domestic protest, which would allow a real chance for Iraqi liberation and revive what Henry Kissinger, 'Vietnam's Rumsfeld', famously bemoaned as the 'Vietnam syndrome'.

Caravan Holiday In Wales "I join in paying tribute to all of those who have fallen, and been wounded, in this struggle," Mr. Rumsfeld said. "We're proud of them. We're grateful to them. We honor them. And they deserve not merely our gratitude, but our commitment to their unfinished work."Later, at a forward base that serves as coalition headquarters in northwestern Iraq, the secretary greeted members of Iraq's new security forces, and chatted with them through an interpreter.RUMSFELD: "Were you in the military previously?"IRAQI SOLDIER: "He was a police officer."RUMSFELD: "A police officer, well very good. Well, good luck to you. We'll be wishing you well."The new Iraqi forces were a main focus of the secretary's trip. Training those soldiers and police officers, and adding to their numbers, is a top priority for the United States and its allies.Advertisement

Iran Focus Tehran, Iran, Nov. In a meeting in Tehran, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to demand a rapid withdrawal of United States and British troops from Iraq, Iranian state television reported on Tuesday. During talks with the Iraqi leader, Khamenei described the presence of foreign forces in Iraq as "damaging" and called on the Iraqi government to present the "occupiers" with a timetable for their departure.

Camping Holiday Wales Secretary Rumsfeld watched several exercises in half a dozen locations in northern and central Iraq, some involving live ammunition. At one base, Iraqi commandos slid down ropes from a U.S. helicopter to attack a house, demonstrating how Iraq's new special operations forces might assault an insurgent hideout. He was also briefed by both Iraqi and U.S. officers on how they are working together.

The officials, in Iraq, say the bomber targeted a bus carrying the guardsmen near the town of Balad. Six more troops were wounded. In a separate attack, the U.S. military says four Iraqi policemen were killed and another wounded Sunday in the nearby town Samarra. Both towns are located in what is known as the Sunni triangle, the scene of frequent insurgent attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces. style killing of five Iraqi security officers.Separately, by shooting late Saturday in Baghdad.Advertisement

Accommodation Holiday Wales This officer, identified only as Colonel Abbas, spoke to the secretary through an interpreter at one of Iraq's largest military bases near Taji, north of Baghdad. He explained that he is in the process of taking control of the base, with the transfer of authority from U.S. officers scheduled to be completed in July.Later, after meeting with senior U.S. generals in Baghdad, Secretary Rumsfeld said both the security forces and the political situation in Iraq are showing steady progress.

Holiday Last Minute Wales "We've always said that the political and economic and security situations have to move forward together," he said. "And we have hopes that we will see in Iraq, over time, that the political situation will improve the security situation."

Catering Holiday Self Wales This was Secretary Rumsfeld's eighth visit to Iraq, and the first by a senior U.S. official, since Iraq's election on January 30. Mr. Rumsfeld says the success of the election, and of Iraq's security services in helping to secure them, should make it easier for more U.S. allies to do more to help develop the Iraqi forces. That was his message at a NATO defense ministers meeting in France this week, where the NATO secretary-general said he hopes all alliance countries will be doing something to help, by the time of the next NATO summit in 10 days.

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