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Iraq celebrates the 97th Armed Forces Day in Baghdad

1,560 views · Published 7 January 2018 · 0:29 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: CGTN · 2018 · News & Politics

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Iraq is celebrating its annual Armed Forces Day in Baghdad. Hundreds of young cadets, graduating from the military academy, took part in a parade. The Iraqi army was founded on January 6th, 1921 -- 97 years ago.

Over the past three years, assisted by other security forces, it fought a fierce war against the extremist group ISIL. Last year, it managed to liberate all the lands which had been seized by the extremist group in 2014. 

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