Link: http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2009/07/baghdad-is-victorious.html

Why were the USA and UK in Iraq? China has been granted a license to develop Iraq’s largest known oilfield. "The three largest Chinese oil companies are already gearing up to bid for 11 other oil and gas field contracts in Iraq that will be auctioned off later this year." Truthout: US Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated: The US government has no intention of withdrawing from Iraq anytime soon. We have passed the June 30 deadline that, according to a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed between US Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on November 17, 2008, was the date all US forces were to have been withdrawn from all of Iraq's cities. Today, however, there are at least 134,000 US soldiers in Iraq - a number barely lower than the number that were there in 2003. In addition, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testified on June 9 that the United States would maintain an average of at least 100,000 troops in Iraq through fiscal year 2010.