Why suicide bombers are back in Iraq

Bombings because the US is not leaving. By Steve Niva. Despite its high-minded claims about "ending the war", Obama's announced withdrawal plan clearly doesn't end the Iraq occupation, but rather continues it in a new form. The plan only calls for the withdrawal of "combat troops" by August 2010, while leaving behind 35,000-50,000 occupying troops until the end of 2011, many of whom will be combat troops simply relabeled as "advisory and assistance brigades"... As Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)

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