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2010-09-03 15:21

US forces still in fight at end of combat mission (AP)

Iraqi policemen stand guard at a check point in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The U.S. marks the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war Sept. 1, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.


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