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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future

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Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran

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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future

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