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Washington weighs up military deployment options in Kurdistan

The U.S. military footprint in Iraq, greatly reduced in 2020, is now concentrated mainly in Baghdad. But the persistent threats against the "green zone" are causing the US to consider options to shift more troops to Kurdistan. [...] (258 words)

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