US President Barack Obama has marked the end of the Iraq war with a speech at Fort Bragg
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US President Barack Obama has marked the end of the Iraq war with a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, telling troops, "welcome home!"
He paid tribute to the soldiers who served in the conflict - both those who died and veterans who returned home after long tours of duty.
More than 200 soldiers based at Fort Bragg died over the course of the nearly nine-year war.
The final US soldiers are expected to leave Iraq within days.
The last combat troops departed in August 2010.
"Tomorrow the colours of the United States Forces Iraq, the colours you fought under, will be formally cased in a ceremony in Baghdad," Mr Obama said. "Then they'll begin their journey across an ocean "As your commander in chief and on behalf of a grateful nation, I'm proud to finally say these two words - welcome home, welcome home, welcome home," he said, as troops gathered in an airplane hanger at Fort Bragg cheered.
Mr Obama said the US military was leaving Iraq with "heads held high", and thanked military families for sharing in the troops' sacrifice.
Nearly 1.5 million Americans served in Iraq, with 30,000 wounded and nearly 4,500 dead, Mr Obama said, but "those numbers don't tell the whole story of Iraq".
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US President Barack Obama has marked the end of the Iraq war with a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, telling troops, "welcome home!"
He paid tribute to the soldiers who served in the conflict - both those who died and veterans who returned home after long tours of duty.
More than 200 soldiers based at Fort Bragg died over the course of the nearly nine-year war.
The final US soldiers are expected to leave Iraq within days.
The last combat troops departed in August 2010.
"Tomorrow the colours of the United States Forces Iraq, the colours you fought under, will be formally cased in a ceremony in Baghdad," Mr Obama said. "Then they'll begin their journey across an ocean "As your commander in chief and on behalf of a grateful nation, I'm proud to finally say these two words - welcome home, welcome home, welcome home," he said, as troops gathered in an airplane hanger at Fort Bragg cheered.
Mr Obama said the US military was leaving Iraq with "heads held high", and thanked military families for sharing in the troops' sacrifice.
Nearly 1.5 million Americans served in Iraq, with 30,000 wounded and nearly 4,500 dead, Mr Obama said, but "those numbers don't tell the whole story of Iraq".
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