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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 21 > Back to Baghdad: This time, things are looking up

Back to Baghdad: This time, things are looking up

By John A. Nagl / The Bulletin
September 21, 2008

BAGHDAD —

When I retired from the Army in June, my comrades in arms laughed at my summer vacation plans: another August in Iraq.

But I had unfinished business here. When my unit left Iraq in September 2004, one of my battle captains presented us with coffee mugs to celebrate our return....

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