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US troop withdrawal from Iraq by year-end

July 01-15, 2011

The US Forces-Iraq Deputy Commanding General (Operations), Lt General Frank G. Helmick has said that the number of US troops in Iraq will become nil by the year-end from the present level of 47,000. The transition will be from military to civilian administration as per the 2008 security agreement between the US and Iraq.

The General said that, “Many of the tasks we do will roll into the United States Embassy and what is being formed at the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, so they’ll have a huge responsibility. We will also transition many of the things we do to the Iraqi security forces and the remainder of task to Central Command.”