A ceremony has been held in Basra to mark the official end of the six-year British military mission in Iraq.

UK combat operations ended as 20th Armoured Brigade took part in a flag-lowering ceremony with a US brigade.

In London, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said a new chapter in relations between the two countries had begun.

Maybe the Moroccan monkeys are still there.  Now that the Brits have pulled out the US stands alone in Iraq.  Now the question is when are we going to get out of there?  Obama has said by the summer of 2010 all combat troops will be out.  However, that looks more and more less likely in my humble opinion.  Speaking of my opinion, we should leave tomorrow.  Not in 2010.