** FILE ** In this April 26, 2011, photo, U.S. Army soldiers walk through Al Faw palace in Camp Victory Baghdad, Iraq. Victory Base Complex, as it’s formally called by the military, started life as a country club for the Baghdad elite under Saddam. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AP) — Inside palace walls built by Saddam Hussein, U.S. generals plotted the war’s course, tracked the mounting death toll and swore in new American citizens under gaudy glass chandeliers.
The transfer of the country’s largest American military base to Iraqi custody happened with little fanfare, and no ceremony was held.

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