Caroline Wyatt reports from Iraq for PM tonight. She writes:
British forces have spent the past weeks packing up their camps and handing on their forward operating bases to Iraqi and American troops. At a base some 40 miles north-east of Basra, near the Iranian border, the last British officer there has been busy handing it over to the US Army, who'll be mentoring the Iraqi police and border guards. The town of Al Qurna is also - according to Iraqi legend - the site of the original Garden of Eden, where the Euphrates meets the Tigris river."
Caroline went meet the last British soldier in Al Qurna and to look for Paradise in Iraq...and she sent these images taken yesterday in Al Qurnah, north of Basra of a joint Iraqi Army/ 1 YORKS foot patrol to the new Fish Market and the 'Garden of Eden'. The photos were taken by Corporal Dylan Browne of the RAF.
Oh and if you want to follow the 20th Armoured Brigade on Twitter: try twitter.com/theironfist. And there's more from Caroline here.
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Thanks to Caroline and Corporal Dylan Browne of the RAF. Let us all hope it stays as peaceful as the photos seem to show.
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I think she looks terribly young and is obviously quite brave to be there. Agree with DiY - let's hope it stays peaceful.
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I have nothing to say about Iraq.
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Lady Sue (2) - on the plus side she looks like she's enjoying herself with those squaddies!
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Caroline, this was a touching and interesting report. Thank you.
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Lady Sue, Ah, but she loves it, bless her cotton socks. What will the Army boys do without her, now that she is heading back to 'civvy street' ? Perhaps she should do a "Forces' Sweetheart" calendar so that they don't get withdrawal symptoms..
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LBG;
Heading back to Civvy Street?
Is she not going to be the Defence correspondent any more then?
Or should that have been 'Dear old Blighty'.
WR.
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WR. When I was serving for HM Armed Forces, (and you must remember several episodes yourself) any mention of the arrival of Kate Addie was usually met with howls of laughter / anguish and cries of "OMG, now we are really in deep Sh*t" as it usually meant the theatre of war was heading our way!
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