McCain Visits Iraq
Posted on March 16, 2008
While all the ugliness and controversy surrounds the Democrats, McCain flies high above all the fray and makes a surprise visit to Iraq! It’s his eighth visit. I wonder how many visits Obama has made to Iraq?
Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived in Iraq on Sunday to assess improved security attributed to a build-up of 30,000 extra troops of which he has been a strong supporter.
McCain arrived in Baghdad and was due to meet Iraqi government leaders and U.S. officials in the heavily fortified “Green Zone†diplomatic and government compound, U.S. embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said. …
Attacks across Iraq have fallen by 60 percent since last June, when extra troops were fully deployed. There has been a fall in violence since January but U.S. commanders in Iraq say this does not represent a trend.
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