On Dec. 31, 2011, after an eight-year presence that included the 2003-04 war ousting Iraq’s leader Saddam Hussein, the last American military forces exited Iraq. But it’s not that President Barack Obama wanted to leave.
Opinion: Iraq wants U.S. forces gone, again
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