U.S. to pull out of Iraq after nearly 9 years of war

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to pull all U.S. troops from Iraq this year, symbolically ending the war but dashing U.S. hopes of leaving a few thousand troops to buttress a still shaky Iraq and offset neighbouring Iran's influence.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19780050/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=U.S.+to+pull+out+of+Iraq+after+nearly+9+years+of+war&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F22%2Fuk-iraq-usa-obama-withdrawal-idUKTRE79K4P820111022%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=U.S.+to+pull+out+of+Iraq+after+nearly+9+years+of+war&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F22%2Fuk-iraq-usa-obama-withdrawal-idUKTRE79K4P820111022%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115975422744/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19780050/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115975422744/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19780050/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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