Deja vu for U.S. troops celebrating Christmas in Iraq again

EAST OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - This is the third Christmas that Staff Sergeant Magdiel Asencio is spending in Iraq. For Sergeant First Class Noel Alvarado, it is number four. And so it is with many U.S. troops stationed less than a hour's drive from the front line with Islamic State.

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