The Pentagon has announced an end to the American military presence that started with the 2003 invasion
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the last American troops had left Iraq, more than two decades after the US invaded the country.
A handover ceremony at Erbil Air Base in the northern Kurdish region marked the end of the US military presence.
The administration of then-President George W. Bush justified the 2003 invasion by claiming that longtime Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Washington never substantiated the allegations, while Iraq descended into a quagmire of violence involving Sunni and Shia Muslims as well as Kurds.
US forces pulled out...
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