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Saturday, 22 October 2011

U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End, Obama Says


Riiiiight, "a vestigial presence"... I guess that must be to guard the $3.5 BILLION base. sounds like they'll all be moving out soon all right.


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New York Times

President Obama announced on Friday that the last American soldier would leave Iraq by the end of this year, drawing to a close a divisive eight-year war that cost the lives of more than 4,400 troops, defined the presidency of George W. Bush, and helped ignite his own political rise. 

The decision leaves only a vestigial presence of Marine embassy guards and liaison officers staying on where more than a million troops, in all, have served.[...]

 "The United States will still keep about 160 military personnel to guard its embassy in Baghdad and manage the continuing military relationship. There will also be 4,000 to 5,000 private State Department security contractors, as well as a significant C.I.A. presence. In Afghanistan, about 95,000 American troops remain." 

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