A US Army soldier looks over Baghdad from the International Zone in Iraq in 2021. All photos: Getty Images
A US Army soldier looks over Baghdad from the International Zone in Iraq in 2021. All photos: Getty Images
Troops are stationed in a guardhouse on the perimeter of the International Zone in Baghdad in 2021
Troops are stationed in a guardhouse on the perimeter of the International Zone in Baghdad in 2021
US Army 82nd Airborne Division soldiers at their base in western Mosul in 2017
US Army 82nd Airborne Division soldiers at their base in western Mosul in 2017
A US Army soldier stands guard during Christmas Day mass at Mar Hanna Church in Qaraqosh, Mosul, in 2016
A US Army soldier stands guard during Christmas Day mass at Mar Hanna Church in Qaraqosh, Mosul, in 2016
On patrol outside Al Fadael School in northern Baghdad in 2009
On patrol outside Al Fadael School in northern Baghdad in 2009
Keeping watch near a monument at the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad in 2009
Keeping watch near a monument at the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad in 2009
An Iraqi boy encounters a US soldier on ground patrol in the Baladiyat neighbourhood of Baghdad in 2008
An Iraqi boy encounters a US soldier on ground patrol in the Baladiyat neighbourhood of Baghdad in 2008
New US soldiers raise their hands during an oath ceremony at Camp Victory, Baghdad, 2007
New US soldiers raise their hands during an oath ceremony at Camp Victory, Baghdad, 2007
US soldiers set up security positions after landing in the desert at the start of Operation Diablo X in Baghdad in 2005
US soldiers set up security positions after landing in the desert at the start of Operation Diablo X in Baghdad in 2005
An Iraqi woman peers out of her house at a US soldier in Tall Afar in 2005
An Iraqi woman peers out of her house at a US soldier in Tall Afar in 2005
US Army troops clear abandoned houses of insurgent fighters in Fallujah in 2004
US Army troops clear abandoned houses of insurgent fighters in Fallujah in 2004
A US Marine shows new Iraqi Army soldiers how to use a missile, near Fallujah in 2004
A US Marine shows new Iraqi Army soldiers how to use a missile, near Fallujah in 2004
US soldiers and Iraqi police investigate the scene of a car bombing at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad in 2003
US soldiers and Iraqi police investigate the scene of a car bombing at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad in 2003
A serviceman with the US Army 101st Airborne 3-502 is silhouetted operating a 50-calibre Humvee-mounted machinegun in Mosul, 2003
A serviceman with the US Army 101st Airborne 3-502 is silhouetted operating a 50-calibre Humvee-mounted machinegun in Mosul, 2003
US infantry soldiers use a Bradley fighting vehicle for cover outside Baghdad International Airport in 2003
US infantry soldiers use a Bradley fighting vehicle for cover outside Baghdad International Airport in 2003
A US soldier stands next to a burning oil well at Rumaila oil fields in 2003
A US soldier stands next to a burning oil well at Rumaila oil fields in 2003

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