After eight years, eight months, and 25 days, the American flag was lowered in Baghdad on Thursday morning. This ceremony marks the end of US military operations in Iraq, and comes two weeks before the official December 31st deadline. Most of the 5,500 remaining soldiers have now left Iraq.
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