US MILITARY::Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 1:58 pm | Print
CAMP ECHO, Iraq (Reuters) – Camp Echo’s dusty motorpools are empty, its private contract caterers have long gone home and murals depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York’s twin towers have been painted over.
One of the last seven U.S. military bases in Iraq, Echo is in rapid handover to Iraqi hands as American soldiers there pack up and complete their final task – protecting the last few departing troops heading home south across the Kuwaiti border.
Nearly nine years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, the U.S. mission in Iraq is fast winding down with only 13,000 troops left in the country. Hundreds are departing each day until the end of 2011.
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