A US Army soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division sits on the stairs of his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while crossing the Khabari border from Iraq into Kuwait December 9, 2011 as part of the final US withdraw of forces from US is completing their 8-year mission in Iraq

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A US Army soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division sits on the stairs of his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while crossing the Khabari border from Iraq into Kuwait December 9, 2011 as part of the final US withdraw of forces from US is completing their 8-year mission in Iraq at the end of December.

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Size: 4000px × 2656px
Location: Khabari, Iraq
Photo credit: © DOD Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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