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US defence department requests $3 billion for Iraq 'activities'

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The US government has announced its intention to consider the Iraq War as being in the past but, contrary to this, the US Defence Department is at the same time requesting almost $3 billion of the federal government for Iraq 'activities'.

The defence department explained that a part of the new funds would be utilised "for the operation of the OSC-I, which is key to achieve the long-term US goal of building partnership capacity in the Iraqi security forces".

For nearly $3bn, the department says that it will be able to afford “finalising the transition” from Iraq.

Only a few months ago, US President Obama commemorated the end of the Iraqi mission. At the time, some critics described the announced termination of the war as a “firework” for Obama's re-election campaign.

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