Iraq's New Ghost Towns: Abandoned U.S. Bases

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Iraq's New Ghost Towns: The Surreal Sight Of Abandoned U.S. Bases As Troops Return Home In Their Thousands -- Daily Mail

* Only 4 camps out of 505 remain; 6,000 soldiers down from 170,000 peak
* President Obama set to meet Iraqi PM in Washington
They once bustled to the soundtrack of thousands of soldiers working towards establishing security in a war zone.

But U.S. military bases in Iraq are fast becoming ghost towns as America continues to withdraw virtually all of its troops by December 31.

Only 6,000 troops remain in the country - down from a peak of 170,000 at the height of the war in 2007. And of the 505 military bases set up during the eight-year mission, only four continue to have a handful of personnel.

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My Comment: Talking about the dust-bin of history .... the Daily Mail`s pictures of these abandoned US military bases are just that .... empty dusty shells of what they use to be.