ࡱ> 241y 5bjbjEE 4 ''5|| :<<<<<<$g Z``u:::,w{tR &0.ccc ``c| : Leave No Troops Behind The Case for a fully-funded, complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq As Congress looks for a way to leave Iraq, they must not be misled into plans that allow tens of thousands of U.S. troops to remain behind. Democratic resolutions including the Levin-Reed amendment to the Defense Authorization bill (denied a vote in the Senate in July), and the McGovern amendment to the supplemental Appropriations bill (to be voted on in the House in September), allow the Bush Administration to keep troops in Iraq for limited purposes. This gives the Bush Administration far too much leeway and could easily allow for the continued presence of over 60,000 U.S. troops in Iraq with no end in sight. Limited Purpose #1: Training and Equipping Iraqs Security Forces We dont trust em, said 1st Lt. Steve Taylor, serving at a joint Iraqi-American security station in Sulakh. Security forces are filled with religious extremists who routinely violate human rights standards The Security forces are not loyal to a central government, but to their own political and/or religious leaders and ideals According to the Iraq Study Group report, the Iraqi national Police routinely engage in sectarian violence, including the unnecessary detention and targeted execution of Sunni Arab civilians. We are training and equipping both sides of the so-called civil war. In Anbar and Diyala provinces, the U.S. is training and equipping Sunni insurgents, throughout the rest of Iraq, the U.S. is training and equipping Shia and Kurdish militias. The Bush Administration is refusing to enforce U.S. law: the Leahy amendment of 1997 prohibits U.S. security assistance to foreign security forces against whom exist credible allegations of gross human rights violations. The Bush Administration cites extraordinary circumstances in refusing to enforce the law. 600,000 Iraqi security forces are trained and equipped to fight 20,000 insurgents. The problem is loyalty, not training. Limited Purpose #2: Fighting Al Qaeda - The rotation of U.S. forces out of Iraq would be the most effective move that the U.S. could make in the fight against Al Qaeda. As U.S. forces redeploy, Sunni Iraqi nationalist elements will focus their attention away from fighting the occupation and more and more on battling foreign radical Sunni elements - According to the most recent NIE, the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq continues to provide inspiration and an invaluable recruitment tool for Al Qaeda and other extremist groups - U.S. troop presence also provides a common enemy for Sunni insurgents and Al Qaeda affilates and wannabees. U.S. troop presence unites these forces our departure would turn them against each other. Limited Purpose #3: Protect U.S.Personnel and Installations -As of mid-2005, the U.S. military had 106 forward operating bases in Iraq, including what the Pentagon calls 14 "enduring" bases all of which are to be consolidated into four mega-bases. - U.S. military bases are a primary cause of Iraqi resentiment and suspicion that we will neve leave. - The U.S. embassy in Iraq is almost as large as Vatican city, built like a fortress, housing thousands of troops, it projects the wrong image. - Over 100 bases and a huge embassy would require tens of thousands of troops - The House has passed HR2929, stating that the U.S. should not have permanent bases. It is time to implement that policy and turn all U.S. military bases over to Iraq. What should Congress Do? require the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military contractors immediately suspend funds for equipping and training Iraqs security forces hold hearings into the evidence of a dirty war unfolding in Iraq require the handover of all U.S. military bases in Iraq to Iraqis require a reduction in the size of the U.S. embassy what steps on Refugee crisis? support reconstruction aid support Iraqi-led peace initiatives support Iraqi civil society Sources: Strategic Reset, Brian Katulis, Lawrence Korb, Peter Juul, Center for American Progress. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/pdf/iraq_report.pdf   3 5 345h_Fh9dCJaJh9d5>*\h9d6H*] h9d6] h9d5\h9dh9d5CJ(\aJ(ab  b $ X7 & Fgd9dgd9dgd9dZ1Lp45 & Fgd9dgd9d21h:p_F/ =!"#$% j 8666666666vvvvvvvvv666666>6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666hH6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666662 0@P`p2( 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p8XV~ OJPJQJ_HmH nH sH tH J`J _FNormal dCJ_HaJmH sH tH B`B 9d0 Heading 1$*$1$@&CJaJDA D Default Paragraph FontRiR 0 Table Normal4 l4a (k ( 0No List L/L 9d0Heading 1 CharCJOJPJQJ^JaJXoX 9dDefault*$1$(CJOJPJQJ^J_HaJmH sH tH PK![Content_Types].xmlj0Eжr(΢Iw},-j4 wP-t#bΙ{UTU^hd}㨫)*1P' ^W0)T9<l#$yi};~@(Hu* Dנz/0ǰ $ X3aZ,D0j~3߶b~i>3\`?/[G\!-Rk.sԻ..a濭?PK!֧6 _rels/.relsj0 }Q%v/C/}(h"O = C?hv=Ʌ%[xp{۵_Pѣ<1H0ORBdJE4b$q_6LR7`0̞O,En7Lib/SeеPK!kytheme/theme/themeManager.xml M @}w7c(EbˮCAǠҟ7՛K Y, e.|,H,lxɴIsQ}#Ր ֵ+!,^$j=GW)E+& 8PK!Ptheme/theme/theme1.xmlYOo6w toc'vuر-MniP@I}úama[إ4:lЯGRX^6؊>$ !)O^rC$y@/yH*񄴽)޵߻UDb`}"qۋJחX^)I`nEp)liV[]1M<OP6r=zgbIguSebORD۫qu gZo~ٺlAplxpT0+[}`jzAV2Fi@qv֬5\|ʜ̭NleXdsjcs7f W+Ն7`g ȘJj|h(KD- dXiJ؇(x$( :;˹! 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