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President Obama Confirms US Troops to Leave Iraq

The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has confirmed that Iraq combat operations will end by 31st August. However Obama has also confirmed that nearly 50,000 of the 65,000 American  soldiers who are currently in Iraq will have to remain there until the end of 2011. The troops who have to stay behind are going to remain in Iraq so that they can advise and continue to build and maintain their alliance with the  Iraqi soldiers. According to the US military over 220 people, both soldiers and civilians, died in the month of July. However, Baghdad have estimated that over 53o people actually died last month, leading many people to question the accuracy of the US figures. The US declined to comment as to why their figures were so dramatically different to the Baghdad ones.