Dec. 14, 2011. Camp Victory, once the site of Saddam Hussein's former palace, is a military ghost town now. A base where 70,000 Americans once lived, the base was eerie and barren as the last of the U.S. troops departed Iraq this week with a one-way ticket...
Continue reading, videoPanetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq
It's Over: Iraq War Ends Today
Posted Dec 15, 2011 2:47 AM CST | Updated Dec 15, 2011 7:57 AM CST
Leon Panetta shuts down operation in quiet ceremony (Newser) – Today's the day. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared the Iraq War over in a quiet ceremony in Baghdad, saying the conflict was worth the cost because it set Iraq on a path to democracy. After speeches, the flag of United States Force-Iraq was "cased"—furled around a flagpole and covered in camouflage—and the US military’s mission was declared at an end ... eight years, eight months, and 25 days after it started. American troops will be home for the holidays, and won't have to wait for the Dec. 31 deadline set by a US-Iraq agreement, reports the Washington Post... Read here...
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