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Iraqi commando soldiers are stationed near an Iranian encampment ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:16:58 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iraqi commando soldiers are stationed near an Iranian encampment set-up in the Iraqi Fauqa Field, in Maysan province, in December 2009. Iranian troops who occupied an oil well in what Iraq claims as its territory have withdrawn to the border and cleared the site of signs of their presence, a provincial governor has told AFP.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)

A US soldier looks at the sky as he sits atop of a Bradley Fighting ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:15:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - A US soldier looks at the sky as he sits atop of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Baghdad, in 2005. US troops withdrawn from the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan for medical reasons from 2004 to 2007 were increasingly evacuated because of psychiatric problems, a study released on Friday reveals.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

This Dec. 27, 2009 photo shows a mine-resistant ambush protected ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:28:37 GMT

(AP) - This Dec. 27, 2009 photo shows a mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, used by the Marines in Iraq, after being checked and designated a Category 1 piece of equipment, meaning it will be sent to U.S. forces in Afghanistan, from al-Asad Air Base, west of Baghdad. The armored truck is one of en estimated 1,000 MRAPs that are being shipped out of the al-Asad base in western Anbar province as the Marines prepare to leave Iraq in January. Among the first troops to invade in March 2003, the Marines will be the first major wave of American forces to go as the United States begins to withdraw its military from Iraq by the end of 2011. At their peak in October 2008, an estimated 25,000 Marines were in Iraq, mostly stationed in the country's western Anbar province. Only about 4,000 remain. They, too, will be gone shortly after the Marines officially hand off their responsibilities to the Army on Jan. 23. (AP Photo/Lara Jakes)

Iraqis wave Iraqi flags and dance as they celebrate the U.S. ...

(Getty) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:03 GMT

(Getty) - Iraqis wave Iraqi flags and dance as they celebrate the U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi cities on June 30, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq celebrated as it declared June 30th 'National Sovereignty Day' after U.S. troops handed over control of Iraq's cities to their domestic security forces. (Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images)