President America Barack Obama officially announced that U.S. troops will begin repatriated from Afghanistan. At the outset, as many as 10,000 troops are coming home to the United States on later this year.
Obama's announcement came in a speech at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C., DC 20500-0004, USA, Wednesday afternoon local time (Thursday morning GMT). According to The New York Times, Obama described the gradual repatriation of troops from Afghanistan.
Later this year, Barack Obama said, 10,000 troops will come home. Further, 20,000 more will be gradually withdrawn from Afghanistan until mid-2012.
Thus, United States forces would leave 68,000 personnel in Afghanistan. But they all returned to the U.S. targeted in 2014, or when the Afghan government is ready to secure them from undermining the insurgents and the Taliban.
When start the task as president in January 2009, Obama adds to U.S. military personnel to Afghanistan as much as threefold. Now, they number around 100,000 people.
At the end of 2009, Obama is sending 30,000 new personnel to Afghanistan, which provided always that he would also repatriate some of the troops who have served long enough in there in July 2011.
Supported a number of countries, putting U.S. troops to Afghanistan shortly after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. There, U.S. forces fighting al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban, and attempt to re-stabilize Afghanistan, which for years was destroyed by civil war.
During occupied Afghanistan, some 1,500 Americans working there were killed.
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World Welcomes the Arrest of Ratko Mladic
President Barack Obama, and several other foreign leaders welcomed the arrest of Bosnian war crimes fugitive, Ratko Mladic, in Serbia. The arrest Ratko Mladic, considered a historic day for the families of victims of the massacre in Srebrenica and a victory for international justice.
According to news agency Associated Press, Thursday, May 26, 2011, Obama said in a statement in France while attending the G8 summit, saying that Mladic's time to face the victims' families and the world before the international court.
"15 years ago, Ratco Mladic ordered the systematic murder of the 8000 residents who are not armed at Srebrenica. Now, he was in prison,"
"I commend President Boris Tadic and Serbian governments for their efforts to ensure Mladic is found and prosecuted. We waited sent Mladic to the international court in The Hague," said Obama.
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, also welcomed the arrest of Mladic. He said that the news of the arrest of Ratko Mladic is big news.
"This is a brave decision from the president of Serbia, and this is an important step towards the integration of Serbia in the future into the European Union," said Sarkozy, quoted by the news station CNN.
Once declared as the person responsible for the deaths of 8000 Bosnian Muslims in 1995, Mladic to escape and become world number one fugitive.
The former supreme commander of the Bosnian Serb army was finally caught Thursday in a raid at his family home in a village in northern Serbia. As a result of the Bosnian war More than 100,000 people were killed, and 1.8 million displaced.
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that the arrest of Mladic was a victory. "There's good reason why international law has long been looking for this man" Cameron said.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon praised the leadership of the President of Serbia and the Serbian government over this arrest. "This is a historic day for international justice. The arrest marks an important step against impunity," said Ban.
According to news agency Associated Press, Thursday, May 26, 2011, Obama said in a statement in France while attending the G8 summit, saying that Mladic's time to face the victims' families and the world before the international court.
"15 years ago, Ratco Mladic ordered the systematic murder of the 8000 residents who are not armed at Srebrenica. Now, he was in prison,"
"I commend President Boris Tadic and Serbian governments for their efforts to ensure Mladic is found and prosecuted. We waited sent Mladic to the international court in The Hague," said Obama.
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, also welcomed the arrest of Mladic. He said that the news of the arrest of Ratko Mladic is big news.
"This is a brave decision from the president of Serbia, and this is an important step towards the integration of Serbia in the future into the European Union," said Sarkozy, quoted by the news station CNN.
Once declared as the person responsible for the deaths of 8000 Bosnian Muslims in 1995, Mladic to escape and become world number one fugitive.
The former supreme commander of the Bosnian Serb army was finally caught Thursday in a raid at his family home in a village in northern Serbia. As a result of the Bosnian war More than 100,000 people were killed, and 1.8 million displaced.
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that the arrest of Mladic was a victory. "There's good reason why international law has long been looking for this man" Cameron said.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon praised the leadership of the President of Serbia and the Serbian government over this arrest. "This is a historic day for international justice. The arrest marks an important step against impunity," said Ban.