Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle
US News • September 2010 • Views: 1,230
Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq’s ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.”
“the American combat mission in Iraq has ended.”
~Barack Obama, Sept 6, 2010