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“Troop withdrawal in Iraq just reshuffling the deck”

Published: 30 June, 2009, 04:41

A US soldier carries out a weapons count on the back of a Skyper armoured vehicles at a base on June 29 2009, in the northeastern town of Baquba, 60 kms from Baghdad. Under a bilateral security accord signed last year US troops will pull out from towns and cities across Iraq on June 30th (AFP Photo / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

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The problem in Iraq is the US presence, and the withdrawal of troops from Iraqi cities is just a reshuffling of the deck of the military occupation, says Adam Kokesh from Iraq Veterans Against the War.

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