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19. August 2010 | 01:29Last Combat Troops Ready To Leave Iraq
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The last US combat troops are leaving Iraq. All American combat troops will be out of Iraq by the end of this month. It’s both an emotional and symbolic time for US military personnel at camp liberty in Baghdad. Within just about two weeks, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the war that began seven an a half years ago, which has cost more than 4400 lives, will be over. The final American … (News Source: KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - 00:39:57)
U.S. ends combat operations in Iraq
The last U.S. combat troops were crossing the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, bringing to a close the active combat phase of the 7½-year war. (News Source: MSNBC - 22:41:01)
In Iraq, combat troops head home to US with guitars, hope
In accord with the US security agreement wth Iraq, combat troops departed Baghdad this weekend. The 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, reflected on their efforts - and Iraq’s future. (News Source: The Christian Science Monitor - 14:23:25)
As combat troops leave, Iraq’s future still uncertain
By Jack Jacobs, NBC News military analyst NEW YORK - It has been a complicated logistical enterprise, but the president’s goal of reducing the American presence in Iraq seems to be proceeding more or less according to his campaign promise. (News Source: MSNBC: World Blog - 23:13:13)
Local Troops Among Last US Combat Brigade to Leave Iraq
KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait (AP) - As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos. (News Source: Q13 FOX Seattle - 23:11:00)
US ends combat operations in Iraq
Last combat brigade pulls out of Iraq leaving behind concerns over security situation. (News Source: Aljazeera - 22:57:14)
U.S. Combat Troops Pull Out Of Iraq
What’s Your Reaction? In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 13, 2010, US Army soldiers from 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, clear their weapons before boarding a military aircraft in Baghdad, Iraq as they begin their journey home. (News Source: The Huffington Post - 23:23:31)
Last American Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq
The last American combat brigade leaves Iraq as part of plan to reduce U.S. troop presence, a military spokesman says. (News Source: Eyewitness News 3 Hartford - 23:15:15)
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team celebrates new facility
The Fourth Infantry Brigade Combat Team, their family members and community leaders celebrated the contruction of a new training facility with a brick laying ceremony. (News Source: WTOC 11 Savannah - 20:46:24)
Last American Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq
A U.S. military spokesman says the last American combat brigade is leaving Iraq. (News Source: KTVZ Bend - 23:14:15)
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