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May 15, 2005
Condi Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq to thank US Troops and diplomats for their work in spreading freedom to the Iraqi people. Here are some highlights from her remarks.
Rice flew to Baghdad to meet with the senior leadership of Iraq's newly elected government to offer support and ask how the United States can be most useful, she said. Before those sessions, however, Rice addressed a gathering of uniformed troops and U.S. embassy employees in the fortified Green Zone."We are so grateful that there are Americans willing to sacrifice so the Middle East will be whole, free and at peace," she said.
"Yes, the insurgency is very violent, but you can beat insurgencies not just militarily," Rice told reporters. "You can beat them having a political alternative that is strong," and in which all Iraqis are invested, Rice said.
"The Iraqis ... are now going to have to intensify their efforts to demonstrate that in fact the political process is the answer for the Iraqi people."
"It's very hard what the Iraqis are being asked to do which is cast off years and years of tyranny and dictatorship and come to political unity in what is a very complicated place," Rice said."I think it's quite remarkable what they've done," so far, she said.
Posted by Aaron at May 15, 2005 09:39 AM
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