The new Iraq By Oliver North

The slogan "de oppresso liber" is Latin for "free the oppressed." It's the motto of the U.S. Special Forces, but it has also been adopted by several of the Iraqi military and police units our Fox News "War Stories" team has been covering here in the land between the rivers.

These Special Operations troops — Americans and their Iraqi counterparts — have become the tip of the spear in the war against radical Islamic terror.

U.S. military forces have started phasing down from the "surge" that began last summer. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division whose departure from Iraq was announced in November and is now taking place, will not be replaced by an American unit. In the months ahead, four more brigade-sized units are scheduled to rotate home.

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