Iraq's PM says his country's situation is improving by Corina Ciubotaru

Iraq's Prime Minister is in Manhattan these days, attending the U.N. General Assembly and he took some time to talk to the media about his country's situation and the way he sees American help. It turns out Mr. al-Maliki is a true diplomat and a strong man capable of taking a war-torn country like Iraq towards a democratic future. He spoke his mind about the Blackwater incident last week, when an American security firm killed 9 Iraqis and also about the U.S. forces arresting an Iranian official who had been invited in the country by the government. Though he acknowledged the importance of American forces for the well-being of his people, he was firm in pointing out the mistakes. He believes strongly in his country and has made efforts to have a suitable government, even as some of the ministers left it last month. Nouri al-Maliki has been criticized repeatedly for not being able to make changes in his country, but we must remember he has only been Prime Minister since May 2006 and radical changes take time. He has requested the U.N. send more troops to his country because he feels the security situation is improving, but in the end he knows that the country's well-being is up to the Iraqis themselves. In the meantime, in Iraq people are growing tired of the surge, most of them saying it did nothing to improve the situation in their country. The number of Iraqi casualties in this war is nearing 1 million and nobody can know how many more there will be until the end.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070923/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_maliki_interview;_ylt=AjscNH5aotJzcpv4R7ogRjas0NUE

by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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