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USSOCOM still in Q-West base two years after official withdrawal

Although Washington had announced its complete withdrawal from the Q-West military base, US special forces are still there, with a mission to train the Golden Division, an elite unit of the Iraqi counter-terrorism service. [...] (364 words)

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