US troops to 'leave Iraq in 18 months'
China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-26 07:47
US President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of the Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. AFP |
US President Barack Obama is expected to order all US combat troops to leave Iraq by August 2010, administration officials said, closing the door on a war that has led to the death of more than 4,250 American soldiers.
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