Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 30 September 2026
Pentagon says it has formally completed withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
Twelve years after US mission against IS began, Trump hails ‘great day for America’ and calls Iraq war ‘a quagmire’ The Pentagon has announced it has formally completed its withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, two years after the withdrawal was agreed to and 12 years since the US mission to fight the
What the coverage shows
All outlets frame the story as the end of the US military mission in Iraq, with several also tying it to the anti-ISIS campaign and the earlier withdrawal agreement. BBC News and The Hill emphasize the mission ending, while Al Jazeera and the Associated Press foreground celebrations and security in Baghdad. South China Morning Post is alone in stressing fears that the move could embolden pro-Iran factions, and only AP’s live posts focus on the rally and street-level security.
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