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Proof: US forces leave Iraq, raising fears of Iran-backed militias amid power vacuum

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-30T01:11:30Z","headline":"US forces leave Iraq, raising fears of Iran-backed militias amid power vacuum","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260930-us-forces-leave-iraq-raising-fears-of-iran-backed-militias-amid-power-vacuum","v":1}

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b4a19bc11e825c48f38b4d44c9fef16d19e8be85cd6ede82676d12177c935bce

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Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-30 01:12 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-30 01:12 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-b4a19bc11e82.json prints b4a19bc11e825c48f38b4d44c9fef16d19e8be85cd6ede82676d12177c935bce. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-b4a19bc11e82.json and headline-b4a19bc11e82.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-b4a19bc11e82.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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