BAGHDAD:
The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending
their withdrawal after nearly nine years of war and military
intervention that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of
Iraqi lives.
The war launched in March 2003 with missiles
striking Baghdad to oust dictator Saddam Hussein is leaving behind a
fragile democracy still facing insurgents, sectarian tensions and a
struggle to define its place in the Arab region.
The final
column of around 100 mostly U.S. military MRAP armoured vehicles
carrying 500 U.S. troops trundled across the southern Iraq desert
through the night along an empty highway to the Kuwaiti border.
SHUKAR HAY AMERICA IRAQ SE CHALA GYA AB AFGHANISTAN SE KB JAYE GA
