At least three people have been killed, including two US service members, in a rocket attack in Iraq.

THE last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn yesterday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces more than seven years after the US-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein.

The US military handed over Tariq Aziz and dozens of other members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle to Iraqi authorities who will assume control today of the last American-run detention facility in the country.