[ti:Political Tensions Grow as Iraqis Fail to Agree on a Government]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:IN THE NEWS]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]This is IN THE NEWS
[00:05.09]in VOA Special English.
[00:08.38]Iraqis elected a new
[00:10.82]parliament in March.
[00:12.61]There was no clear winner.
[00:15.00]And five months later
[00:16.99]there is still no agreement
[00:19.28]on a coalition government.
[00:21.61]On Wednesday,
[00:23.56]the United Nations
[00:24.80]Security Council called on
[00:27.24]the politicians to settle
[00:28.83]their differences.
[00:30.52]It urged them to form
[00:32.86]"as quickly as possible,
[00:34.85]a government that is inclusive
[00:37.54]and represents the will
[00:39.89]of the Iraqi people."
[00:41.99]The top United Nations diplomat
[00:44.92]in Iraq says the delays
[00:47.21]are creating conditions
[00:49.35]that opponents of democracy
[00:51.99]could use for their own gain.
[00:54.63]Ad Melkert told the Security Council
[00:58.07]that the delays affect
[01:00.26]the rebuilding of
[01:01.56]basic services in Iraq.
[01:03.95]He said Iraqis average
[01:07.04]about nine hours a day
[01:08.98]without electric power.
[01:11.07]President Obama talked
[01:13.47]about Iraq in a speech Monday
[01:15.56]to the Disabled American
[01:17.50]Veterans Conference
[01:18.89]in Atlanta, Georgia.
[01:20.64]BARACK OBAMA: "Shortly after taking office,
[01:22.18]I announced our new strategy
[01:24.37]for Iraq and for a transition
[01:26.46]to full Iraqi responsibility.
[01:28.70]And I made it clear that
[01:31.49]by August thirty-first,
[01:32.68]two thousand ten,
[01:34.37]America's combat mission
[01:36.46]in Iraq would end.
[01:37.86]And that is exactly
[01:46.32]what we are doing,
[01:47.32]as promised, on schedule."
[01:50.66]The president said American forces
[01:53.79]have already closed
[01:55.58]or turned over hundreds
[01:57.83]of bases to the Iraqis.
[01:59.77]By the end of this month,
[02:02.31]he said, the United States
[02:04.35]will have brought home
[02:05.79]more than ninety thousand troops.
[02:08.34]He said the mission in Iraq
[02:11.53]is changing from a military effort
[02:14.38]led by troops to a civilian effort
[02:17.27]led by diplomats.
[02:19.61]Violence in Iraq has decreased
[02:22.59]over the last three years.
[02:24.53]But there are still bombings
[02:26.97]and shootings daily.
[02:28.91]Insurgents often target
[02:31.50]the Iraqi army and police.
[02:34.05]Around fifty thousand American
[02:37.47]troops will remain in Iraq.
[02:40.36]They will train
[02:42.10]Iraqi soldiers and support
[02:44.59]counterterrorism operations.
[02:47.67]They will also protect
[02:49.61]the civilian efforts.
[02:51.36]The goal is for all troops
[02:54.74]to leave Iraq
[02:56.34]by the end of next year.
[02:58.23]President Obama also wants
[03:01.62]to begin a withdrawal
[03:03.11]from Afghanistan next July.
[03:06.10]He is sending more troops
[03:08.73]for now, though.
[03:10.58]But this week, Mr. Obama
[03:12.77]could report apparent success
[03:15.35]in a different sort of battle
[03:17.70]-- against the largest accidental
[03:20.18] oil spill ever at sea.
[03:22.82]BARACK OBAMA: "So the long battle
[03:24.37]to stop the leak and contain
[03:25.86]the oil is finally close
[03:28.65]to coming to an end."
[03:29.55]The BP company pumped heavy
[03:32.23]drilling fluids, known as mud,
[03:34.78]into the top of its damaged well
[03:37.67]in the Gulf of Mexico.
[03:39.56]The process is called a static kill.
[03:43.24]Workers later added cement
[03:45.79]to harden in the well
[03:48.23]to seal it permanently.
[03:50.17]As a final step there are plans
[03:53.96]to pump in mud and cement
[03:56.64]from below through relief wells.
[03:59.72]That could happen later this month.
[04:02.97]The government now thinks close
[04:05.76]to five million barrels of oil
[04:08.38]leaked into the gulf between
[04:10.73]April and the middle of July,
[04:13.12]when the spill was contained.
[04:15.61]Recovery efforts will continue.
[04:18.50]But Jane Lubchenco, the head
[04:21.62]of the National Oceanic
[04:23.31]and Atmospheric Administration,
[04:25.56]says most of the oil in the Gulf
[04:28.75]of Mexico is now gone.
[04:31.04]JANE LUBCHENCO: "At least fifty percent
[04:32.68]of the oil that was released
[04:33.96]is now completely gone
[04:35.32]from the system and most
[04:37.41]of the remainder is degrading rapidly
[04:39.20]or being removed from the beaches."
[04:41.09]And that's IN THE NEWS
[04:43.28]in VOA Special English.
[04:45.93]I'm Steve Ember.
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