Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq

December 15, 2011 at 1:36 am in The Dickinson Press

BAGHDAD (AP) After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy.
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