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|caption=Clockwise, starting at top left: a joint patrol in [[Samarra]]; the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue in [[Firdos Square]]; an [[Iraqi Army]] soldier readies his rifle during an assault; a roadside [[Improvised explosive device|bomb]] detonates in South [[Baghdad]].
|date=March 20, 2003 – presentDecember 15, 2011 <br>({{Age in years and days|2003|3|20}})<ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite news|author=The Mouth of the Potomac |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/18/2010-08-18_troops_out_of_iraq_cross_border_drawing_war_to_close_50k_remain_to_advise_train.html |title=War is over: Last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq; 50,000 remain as advisers |publisher=Nydailynews.com |date=2010-08-19 |accessdate=2011-01-15 |location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Post Store |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090101607.html |title=Obama's speech on August 31 declares combat in Iraq over |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date=2010-09-01 |accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Post Store |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083105193.html |title=As Obama declares Iraq war over, Iraqis brace for uncertainty |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date=2010-08-31 |accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/obama-speeches/speech/380/ |title=Obama delivers Oval Office address on Iraq | In Obama's Words | The Washington Post |publisher=Projects.washingtonpost.com |date=2010-08-31 |accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dershowitz |first=Alan |url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=186266 |title=Obama marks formal end of Iraq combat |publisher=Jpost.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brush |first=Silla |url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/116179-obama-the-war-is-ending-fulfilling-campaign-pledge |title=Obama: 'The war is ending,' fulfilling campaign pledge |publisher=TheHill.com |date=2010-08-28 |accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref>
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|status=Coalition combat operations concluded,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.htm New York Times, January 24, 2010]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/9010_Report_to_CongressJul09.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - FINAL 23 1000 Jul SecDef singed.doc |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-01-15}}</ref> low level internal conflict ongoing
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