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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Assessing-the-US-strategy-in-Iraq-623407
U.S. Redeploys in Iraq
(Jerusalem Post) Jonathan Spyer - Over the last two weeks, U.S. forces have been significantly reducing their footprint in Iraq. Redeployments have taken place from three bases located in close proximity to positions of the Iran-supported Shia militias currently engaged in insurgency against the U.S. presence in Iraq. The shift in the U.S. presence serves to reduce the target bank available to the Shia militias. Nonessential personnel have also been withdrawn from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The writer is director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis.