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The iraq war ended in december of 2011. it was expected that u.s. troops would all leave iraq by new year's eve. by december 31st, 2011. but they made the transfer early on december 15th. nbc's richard engel was at the ira iraqi/kuwaiti border when the last troops left, watching the troops cross over the border and cheer and celebrate that the 8 1/2-year-long war in iraq was done. but the official end of the war was december 15th, 2011. that same morning, december 15th, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a small courthouse in a northern minnesota town right up against the canadian border. he shot t...

The iraq war ended in december of 2011. it was expected that u.s. troops would all leave iraq by new year's eve. by december 31st, 2011. but they made the transfer early on december 15th. nbc's richard engel was at the iraqi/kuwaiti border when the last troops left, watching the troops cross over the border and cheer and celebrate that the 8 1/2-year-long war in iraq was done. but the official end of the war was december 15th, 2011. that same morning, december 15th, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a small courthouse in a northern minnesota town right up against the canadian border. he shot the l...

Moved 100,000 u.s. -- or iraqi troops from the iranian border to the kuwaiti border, and all the top u.s. officials were telling me, i assume they were telling you, he's bluffing, he's not going to go in and invade a fellow arab country, maybe he wants the kuwaitis to raise the price of oil a little bit. he would never do that. maybe a little border skirmish. it's really a bluff. and it wasn't a bluff, and he went in and went like a knife through butter into kuwait. i think of that now when i see people saying kim jong-un is bluffing. >> he may have called everybody's bluff, but the united sta...

Hard to believe it's been ten years since the shock and au campaign that laufrgesed the iraq war. i was on the air as it was all unfolding. this clip is from the morning after the war began. >> let's get you up to date on what is happening. it started at 9:30 eastern time last night when president bush gave the order and attacks were made against leadership targets, saddam hussein in a bunker around baghdad. and since then, a lot of activity for those troops massed along the iraq kuwaiti border. they have gotten some scares with missile attacks laufrpgsed

America's presence in iraq may technically be over, but some do remain. they went out just before dawn on sunday morning. nbc's richard engle was with them. >> until lights appeared, the kuwaiti border and the crossing began. >> it is the last of sunrise in kuwait as the last of american troops leave iraq. some are waiting, others taking pictures of this moment, the moment the iraq war ended. >> moments later, the gates to iraq were shut. one vehicle got special attention, the last of the last to exit iraq. >> the nearly nine-year-long