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forces, several deadly bombings, and the fact that no U.S. troops actually left the country. Nearly 130,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, providing continued support until 2011. As of today, the Department of Defense has identified 4,308 American service members who have died since the start of the war. (33 photos total)
Iraqis celebrate in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 29, 2009, to mark the milestone of U.S. troops leaving Iraqi cities, fireworks colored Baghdad's skyline and thousands of people attended a party in a city park late Monday where singers performed patriotic songs. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
An aerial view of the Imam Musa al-Kadhim mosque located in the Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Kadhimiyah in north Baghdad on the Karkh (west bank) of the Tigris River on June 24, 2009. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) #
An Iraqi man sits at a sewing machine as he assembles an Iraqi flag at his shop in central Baghdad on June 27, 2009. The flag maker says he has been busy to the run up to the withdrawal of US forces from urban areas of Iraq on June 30 handing security over to the Iraqi forces. (SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images) #
Iraqi security forces dance in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) #
A U.S. Army soldier from the 37th Engineer Company is seen at the Crossed Swords monument in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) #
U.S. Army soldiers from the 37th Engineer Company are seen at the Crossed Swords monument in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) #
SPC Charles Lewis, 30, of the 10th Combat Support Hospital packs as he prepares to leave Baghdad, June 30, 2009. (REUTERS/Daniel C. Britt) #
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the secure "green zone" in central Baghdad on June 30, 2009, to mark the withdrawal of the US military from the towns and cities around the nation. (ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images) #
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