K99 – Colorado’s Best Country » Iraq http://k99.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:55:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 War Ends: Last U.S. Troops Leave Iraq http://k99.com/war-ends-last-u-s-troops-leave-iraq/ http://k99.com/war-ends-last-u-s-troops-leave-iraq/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:55:17 +0000 Pete Hanson http://k99.com/?p=76718 After nine years of a deadly and controversial war, the final U.S. troops have crossed the border into Kuwait early this morning, leaving Iraq behind. America had 239,000 men and women in uniform stationed in more than 500 bases sprinkled throughout Iraq at the peak of the war. Another 135,000 contractors were working in Iraq.

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]]> http://k99.com/war-ends-last-u-s-troops-leave-iraq/feed/ 0 Mario Tama/Getty Images President Obama: 'Our Troops in Iraq Will Definitely be Home for the Holidays' http://k99.com/breaking-president-obama-announces-complete-troop-withdrawl-by-the-end-of-december/ http://k99.com/breaking-president-obama-announces-complete-troop-withdrawl-by-the-end-of-december/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Kevin Mussman http://k99.com/?p=43629 President Obama just announced this morning that US troops will leave Iraq by the end of year.

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