WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2008 – Yesterday’s suicide bombing at a Baghdad funeral highlights the need to keep up the pressure on al Qaeda in Iraq, a senior U.S. military officer said today.
“Together with the Iraqi security forces and this new group of leaders, we will continue to pursue those who terrorize the Iraqi people,” Bergner said. “We know it will continue to be a tough fight and one that will test the courage and the strength of the Iraqi people, the Iraqi forces, and the coalition forces. All of us start this year with the full understanding that this is still a tough fight. It will continue to be a tough fight,”U.S. forces in Iraq will face that challenge teamed with increasing numbers of capable Iraqi soldiers and police, as well as additional concerned-citizen groups that have sworn to fight al Qaeda, Bergner said.
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