British End Combat Operations In Iraq (ap)

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In this photo made available by the British Ministry of Defence, bugler Gareth Roberts, 25, is reflected on memorial plaques ans he sounds off during a memorial ceremony for the 179 British personnel who died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, in Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 30, 2009. The ceremony Thursday outside the southern city of Basra is part of the preparations for the withdrawal of the last British forces. (AP Photo/Cpl. James Williams, MoD)AP – British forces handed over military control of the Basra area to U.S. commanders Thursday to clear the way for America’s main battlefield ally to exit Iraq after more than six years of war.

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