Combat troops exit Iraq, 7 years after invasion
Under cover of darkness, the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, crossed into neighbouring Kuwait ahead of the planned declaration of an end to US combat operations in Iraq by an August 31 deadline.
The pullout came two days after a suicide bomber killed 61 people at a Baghdad army recruiting centre in Iraq’s deadliest attack this year, sparking concern the country’s forces are incapable of handling security on their own.