LEAVING IRAQU.S. Stryker armored vehicles with the 2nd Infantry Division’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team line up at a fueling site on Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2010, to fuel up before heading out on a two-day mission to leave Iraq through Kuwait. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kimberly Hackbarth
Iraq Combat Phase Ends, But U.S. Might Stay Past 2011 -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially comes to an end Tuesday, 2,722 days after American-led troops stormed across the border from Kuwait. The remaining 49,000 U.S. troops are supposed to depart by the end of next year.
The American mission is far from over, however, and it may have to be extended, according to former senior U.S. officials, foreign diplomats and private analysts.
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Exit strategy -- Prague Post opinion
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