(Supposed) End of U.S. Combat Role in Iraq

(Supposed) End of U.S. Combat Role in Iraq

Speaking in a television address broadcast nationally just hours before the formal end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq on August 31, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the nation it was a “bright day for the people of Iraq.”

The Middle East-based al Jazeera news network quoted al-Maliki