US Defens Seketri i kamap long Iraq
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US Defence Secretary, Bob Gates, i kamap pinis insait long Iraq liklik taim bihain long tok aut long President Barack Obama long pinisim 'combat mission' blong America long hap.
Ol i ting Mr Gates bai stap insait long wanpela seremoni long Baghdad we, U-S komanda blong dispela taim, Genral Ray Odierno, bai hand ova wok igo long man husait bai kisim wok blongen, Lieutenant General Lloyd Austin.
Nupela komanda bai lukautim 50-tausen American troop, husait bai stap na wok insait long ol wok halvim ol i kolim 'advise and assist" mission.
Insait long toktok em i givim insait long Oval Office, President Obama ibin tok em i taim nau bai givim ol wok lukaut igo long Iraqi pipol.
"Because of our troops and civilians and because of the resilience of the Iraqi people Iraq has the opportunity to embrace a new destiny, even though many challenges remain, so tonight I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended"
