Last US combat brigade exits Iraq

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Last US combat brigade exits Iraq

The last US combat brigade in Iraq has left the country, seven years after the US-led invasion.

The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, began crossing by land into Kuwait in the early hours of Thursday, a military spokesman said.

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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11020270

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1. That's a whole lot of stay behinds. How much does it cost to keep them there?