American troops have stayed outside the capital, mostly based around the airport.
And we may never know, truly, why those troops have stayed here since.
In 2008, the president announced that the troops would stay until 2011.
But now, he said, the longer the American troops stay, the more the Iraqi people will turn against them.
He and his troops did not stay for long, however, as the town was quickly engulfed by the plague.
Here the troops stayed until the end of the war.
Pentagon officials have previously said that about 135,000 troops would stay in Iraq through 2005.
The Rwandan troops have stayed on, and now they help control an area many times larger than their own country.
Our troops may stay in or pull out, but the decision is up to us.
His troop stayed around for a few great of turns, then finally they gave up.