America's combat mission in Iraq officially over

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Just because our combat mission may be closed doesn't mean the 50,000 troops remaining in Iraq won't be attacked or killed in combat.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Just because our combat mission may be closed doesn't mean the 50,000 troops remaining in Iraq won't be attacked or killed in combat.

Right. The article says:

While the official U.S. combat mission is ending, roughly 50,000 American troops will remain in the country until the end of 2011. Their mission will be to will train, assist and advise the Iraqis.

As the U.S. military has been scaling down, the U.S. civilian presence has been ramping up.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Thanks, that's the picture I was thinking of.