Marines Almost Finished In Iraq

11:23 am EST January 26th, 2010 | News | 1 Comment

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U.S. Marines formally end their presence in Iraq’s Anbar province Saturday, marking the conclusion of a bloody seven-year battle that claimed hundreds of Marine lives and featured some of the war’s fiercest fighting.

In a ceremony Saturday, the Marines will hand over responsibility for Anbar to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division, an Army training unit out of Fort Bragg, N.C. Those soldiers largely will remain on their base in Anbar’s capital of Ramadi and focus on training Iraqi troops who lead most patrols.

The number of Marines in Anbar then will drop from the current level of 3,500 to about 180 in March, before all of them are gone in June.

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One Response to “Marines Almost Finished In Iraq”

  1. Anon says:
    January 27, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    Interesting that noone has commented. Good job President Obama!