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Iraqi flags wave behind a group of men in parliament

Iraqi MP calls for peace ‘without using Iraq against Iran’

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Sarkawt Shams, an Iraqi MP, told The World he boycotted the vote in parliament to pull out US troops. “We want to have a peaceful relationship with both United States and Iran,” Shams said.

US soldiers watch Trump give a speech in Iraq at US airbase.

Trump’s first visit to US troops in Iraq comes days after defense upheaval in Washington

women stand in a row, chanting and clapping their hands

Syrian Kurds left behind as Trump pulls out US troops

“The Spirit of ’76,” by Archibald Willard, which exemplifies the spirit of the citizen-nation in arms, with men of all ages stepping up when needed by their country, the antithesis of a professional, standing army, despised by the Founding Fathers

Trump wants a big military parade, but the Founding Fathers might not approve

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Members of the US Army Company "I", 102nd Infantry Regiment circa 1919.

It’s the 100th anniversary of the declaration that made America a major world power

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A view of the Bridge on the River Kwai during a light-and-sound show in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, in 1994

A new book recalls the Japanese ‘railroad of death’ from World War II

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The Man Booker prize for literature in English was awarded to an Aussie author for a novel inspired by his father’s experiences as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese, working on the country’s World War II era ‘Railroad of Death’ in Thailand and Burma.

Accused war criminal Goran Hadzic captured

Serbian authorities say they have apprehended Goran Hadzic, the last remaining fugitive sought by the UN for war crimes during the Croatian War.

60 Years on, a Korean War Vet Remembers

Arts, Culture & Media

Sixty years ago, the guns fell silent in one of America’s bloodiest wars. Korea. Anchor Carol Hills presents the story of Ben Whitchurch, a British soldier in the Korean War. He tells of his ordeal as a prisoner of war.

Dresden Peace Prize Given to an Ex-Soviet Soldier Who Didn’t Do His Job

Arts, Culture & Media

Former Soviet Lt. Colonel Stanislav Petrov was awarded the Dresden International Peace Prize for not doing his job.

The World

“Horses and Bayonets”

Arts, Culture & Media

The most tweeted line of the debate was President Obama’s zinger that the military has fewer horses and bayonets. So where are bayonets from? Anchor Marco Werman gets the answer, plus the history of bayonets from Chris Woolf.