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 A CEREMONY TO MARK END OF IRAQ WAR(SHEREHE YA MWISHO WA VITA YA IRAQ )

• When the American forces flag is lowered it marks the end of an era of war.(bendera ya jeshi la marekani ikishushwa inaonyesha mwisho wa vita umefika)
•     The war that has lasted for almost 9years(Vita iliyodumu karibu miaka 9)
• Cost of lives 100,000 Iraqis and 4500 Americans(Waliouwawa wairaki l00,000 na wamarekani 4500)
• Money spent  1,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars (Gharama iliyotumika Tsh 1,300,000,000,000,000,000,000)

but happy today the flag has been lowered(Lakini Mungu mkubwa hatimaye vita vimekwisha)

The flag of American forces in Iraq has been lowered in Baghdad bringing nearly nine years of US military operations in Iraq to a formal end.Words of  US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, "the mission had been worth the cost in blood and dollars."Mr Panetta told US soldiers they could leave Iraq with great pride.

"After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," he said.

How things were on the Battle field. 

President Barack Obama, who came to office pledging to bring troops home, said on Wednesday that the US left behind a "sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq".

This this symbolyses end of American military operations somewhere.

He said the war had been "a source of great controversy" but that they had helped to build "a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people".

Sources:BBC,TZMPAKAAU and ABCNEWS