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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111022/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111022/capt.200327c0612f481e9d752db6ad1ffb85-200327c0612f481e9d752db6ad1ffb85-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=oKUGQJtOu6rPMUkGRkPrYQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Umm Mohammed, 55, left, distributes sweets and juice as she celebrates the announcement of the U.S. Army's withdrawal in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that U.S. troops are leaving Iraq after nearly nine years of war because Baghdad rejected American demands that any U.S. military forces to stay would have to be shielded from prosecution or lawsuits. A day earlier, President Barack Obama had hailed the troops' withdrawal as the result of his commitment — promised shortly after taking office in 2009 — to end the war that he once described as 'dumb.' (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)" border="0" /></a>AP - For the first time in decades, Iraqis face a future on their own, with neither Saddam Hussein's iron fist nor the United States' military might to hold them together. This has been both their dream and nightmare: They wanted American troops (the occupiers) to go, but they wanted American troops (the protectors) to stay.</p><br clear="all"/>
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