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These charges from secretary gates come at the same time that al qaeda flags are flying over the city of fallujah. in the an bar province, thousands of troops sacrificed their lives. many thought it was in vein to begin with, many others did not believe that, and went over to fight honestly and heroically. 4489 of our young men and women were killed. 32,000 more were wounded and they and their families have to watch in frustration, as al qaeda takes these cities. representative duncan hunter fou...

Take over. theyre now flying the al qaeda flag in fallujah. at this moment. look at this, you can see the flags are flying over a city we fought so hard to control, and nearly 100 men and women died in one of the biggest battles of the war. then just hours ago, the wall street journal published an explosive new essay from robert gates. he blasted the presidents foreign policy, both in afghanistan, which he says was all about getting out and on iraq, where mr. gates now says the presidents positi...

Gates -- mr. gates matter, and i will get to iraq. as i understand, brits point about the president saying, he doesnt necessarily believe in the strategy, but sort of committed to, this is the war hes going to see through. but do you see something extraordinary in the commander and chief, according to mr. gates, being skeptical is outright convinced that that strategy, he was sending men like you in to fight would fail? >> no, im not surprised, and we -- what you see here, what i see here is a p...

Capturing the western city of fallujah, and that is raising their flag over the building. now, senator lindsey graham is critical of the obama administration which pulled our troops back in 2011. during the iraq war, the forces fought some of their toughest battles in the city, and gaining control of the city. were also gaining video of the fighting going on in fallujah. the army waging a battle with al-qaeda as it tries to win back the city. reports of dozens killed in the fresh fighting. and...

Americas involvement in the iraq war. this is a u.s. marine. his photo was taken by a "los angeles times" photographer in fallujah in 2004. we wanted to check in and see where this marine is today, so we asked the man who took the picture. >> i found myself involved in the assault in fallujah, under constant enemy fire. >> i look back at it now and think about firing at another human being. how do you justify it? >> we were up on the rooftop, and a break in the action, he propped up next to me a...

Well be the first to tell you, this is breaking news, halla, and it is history, the war in iraq is officially over. u.s. troops are moving across the border into kuwait now, halla. i remember that evening well when i announced on cnn that all u.s. combat troops had left iraq. that was december of 2011. this week will mark the tenth anniversary of the iraq invasion. march 19th, here in the states, march 20th baghdad time 2003. americas part of the war may be over, but iraq remains a violent and u...

Fallujah in 2004. we wanted to check in and see where this marine is today, so we asked the man who took the picture. >> i found myself involved in the assault in fallujah, under constant enemy fire. >> i look back at it now and think about firing at another human being. how do you justify it? >> we were up on the rooftop, and a break in the action, he propped up next to me and started smoking a cigarette. i took the photo. >> after fallujah, i acted like it never happened. >> it shows a kid who...

involvement in iraq. we want to take you now live to baghdad, where you are looking at live pictures of the casing of the colors ceremony in the iraqi capital. it has been almost nine years since the u.s. invaded that country. and in that time, at least 128,000 iraqis have been killed in conflict situations. more than 4400 u.s. troops have also died. and now at this very moment,ed american military command in the country is closing a chapter in the history of both iraq and the u.s. arm...

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