Last Aussie troops leave Iraq

Thirty-three Australian soldiers, who were guarding the embassy in Iraq, have been withdrawn, and a Dubai-based private security firm has taken over.

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Published 12 August 2011 3:22pm

Updated 26 August 2013 9:20am

Source: AAP, SBS

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The soldiers guarding the embassy were the last significant Australian troop presence in the country.

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Australia once had some two-thousand soldiers in Iraq, one of the larger non-US deployments.

Two Australian officers remain as advisers to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq.

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Last Aussie troops leave Iraq

Thirty-three Australian soldiers, who were guarding the embassy in Iraq, have been withdrawn, and a Dubai-based private security firm has taken over.

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