Departure of US Forces 2. október 2006 10:10 Athöfn við brottför síðustu varnarliðsmannanna á Keflavíkurflugvelli The remaining US armed forces at the Keflavík base left Iceland at an official ceremony yesterday. US officials took down the US flag and handed it over to Mark Laughton, chief officer of the base. Laughton later stepped onto a US military plane and left Iceland. The ceremony marked a historical moment, as the US army has been in in Iceland for fifty-five years. The Icelandic flag was later pulled up by Icelandic police officers to mark Iceland's control of the base. Jóhann Benediktsson, chief of security at Keflavík airport says that Icelanders have to face a new reality in matters of defence and that new exciting times lay ahead. News News in English Mest lesið Kourani fluttur á Klepp Innlent Hundrað prósenta tollaaukning á allar vörur frá Kína Erlent Hvattir til að leggja tímanlega af stað Innlent Gögn sem fyrst voru ekki til brunnu síðar Innlent Halla og Þorbjörg á leið til Kína Innlent Beygjuvasarnir stórhættulegir Innlent Valtýr furðar sig á óhróðri, níði og aðdróttunum systkina Innlent Nóbelsnefndin rannsakar mögulegan leka og óvenjuleg veðmál Erlent Magga Stína komin til Amsterdam Innlent Tapsárir unglingar lofuðu að lækka Innlent
The remaining US armed forces at the Keflavík base left Iceland at an official ceremony yesterday. US officials took down the US flag and handed it over to Mark Laughton, chief officer of the base. Laughton later stepped onto a US military plane and left Iceland. The ceremony marked a historical moment, as the US army has been in in Iceland for fifty-five years. The Icelandic flag was later pulled up by Icelandic police officers to mark Iceland's control of the base. Jóhann Benediktsson, chief of security at Keflavík airport says that Icelanders have to face a new reality in matters of defence and that new exciting times lay ahead.
News News in English Mest lesið Kourani fluttur á Klepp Innlent Hundrað prósenta tollaaukning á allar vörur frá Kína Erlent Hvattir til að leggja tímanlega af stað Innlent Gögn sem fyrst voru ekki til brunnu síðar Innlent Halla og Þorbjörg á leið til Kína Innlent Beygjuvasarnir stórhættulegir Innlent Valtýr furðar sig á óhróðri, níði og aðdróttunum systkina Innlent Nóbelsnefndin rannsakar mögulegan leka og óvenjuleg veðmál Erlent Magga Stína komin til Amsterdam Innlent Tapsárir unglingar lofuðu að lækka Innlent