Flag Lowered As Last 12 Diggers Leave Iraq -- The Australian
THE last 12 Australian troops serving with US units in Iraq have finished their mission and are heading home, formally ending Canberra's controversial six-year involvement in the bloody conflict.
Yesterday marked the historic fulfilment of a key election pledge by the Rudd government to withdraw all Australian combat forces from Iraq.
No Australian soldier was killed in action but one, Private Jake Kovko, died from a self-inflicted wound.
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My Comment: I am sure that they are happy to be coming back home. Unfortunately, the war in Afghanistan is now looming on everyone's mind.
