Under the pressure of mounting U.S. deaths in Iraq, President Bush stated Thursday his country wants Iraqis to take more responsibility for governing their state.
Bush said he was sending L. Paul Bremer, the top U.S. official in Baghdad, back to the country to work with Iraqis on developing a plan to speed up establishment of an Iraqi government.
The American leader conveyed Bremer, in two days of urgent talks at the White House, said the Iraqis want to be more involved. "That's a positive development. That's what we want. We want the Iraqis to be more involved in the governance of their country."
Bush also expressed resolve to curb the violence which has killed 396 U.S. soldiers. "We're going to prevail," the president said. "We've got a good strategy to deal with these killers."
"The goal of the terrorists ... is to create terror and fear amongst average Iraqis ... create the conditions where people are just so fearful for their lives that they cannot think positively about freedom. That's their goal," he said.
"Our goal, of course, is to continue to work with those Iraqi citizens who understand that freedom is a precious commodity, those who understand that there is a hopeful life possible in a part of the world where a lot of hope has diminished in the past."
"And that's the struggle ... and we're going to prevail," Bush vowed. (Albawaba.com)
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