US troop withdrawal from Iraq gains pace

  • 13 years ago
There are around 39,000 US soldiers still stationed across Iraq, the US military says, and according to a 2008 bilateral security agreement they must all leave the country by the end of the year. One hundred and fifty soldiers left from the Al-Asad base west of the country on Tuesday with charter flights carrying at least 100 to 250 soldiers every other day. Duration: 01:10

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