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Last US Combat Brigade Exits Iraq

Last US Combat Brigade Exits Iraq
# 20 August 2010 00:37 (UTC +04:00)
Baku-APA. The last US combat brigade in Iraq has left the country.
The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, began crossing by land into Kuwait in the early hours of Thursday, a military spokesman said, APA reports.
Some 50,000 US troops will remain until the end of 2011 to advise Iraqi forces and protect US interests.
A further 6,000 support troops will be in Iraq until the end of the month, when US combat operations will end.
Stryker Brigade`s personnel drove out of Iraq in a convoy of armoured vehicles.
The journey along potentially hostile desert roads had been carefully planned for weeks.
"The last one crossed [into Kuwait] at around 0600 (0300 GMT) this morning," Lieutenant Colonel Eric Bloom said.
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