Iraqis look ahead to US withdrawal

12 December 2011 Last updated at 02:11 ET Help

The withdrawal of US forces from Iraq will be top of the agenda when Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki meets US President Barack Obama on Monday.

All US service personnel are expected to have left Iraq by the end of this year - but with just a few weeks to go, what does their exit mean to ordinary Iraqis?

Carine Torbey reports from Baghdad.

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