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| ![US Army personnel retrieve their gear as they prepare to fly out of the former Sather Air Base in Baghdad Dec 15, 2011. US forces formally ended their nine-year war in Iraq on Thursday with a low key flag ceremony in Baghdad, while to the north flickering violence highlighted ethnic and sectarian strains threatening the country in years ahead. Picture taken Dec 15, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] Nearly 9 years on, US withdraws from Iraq](../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20111218/0013729e48091057bf6c55.jpg) | 
| US Army personnel retrieve their gear as they prepare to fly out of the former Sather Air Base in Baghdad Dec 15, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] | 
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![US Army soldiers perform a casing of the colors ceremony signifying the departure of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division as they depart in the last convoy from Camp Adder near Nasiriyah, Iraq on Dec 17, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] Nearly 9 years on, US withdraws from Iraq](../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20111218/0013729e48091057bf6e5c.jpg)









