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 „Málinu verður ekki lokað fyrr en einhver axlar raunverulega ábyrgð“ Innlent Virginia Giuffre er látin Erlent Sex ára gamalt hús í viðgerð: Ekki við flötu þökin að sakast Innlent „Ég hef aldrei séð þetta svona svakalegt“ Innlent Eitt glæsilegasta hrossaræktarbú landsins til sölu Innlent Þýskur kafbátur við Sundahöfn Innlent Bein útsending: Útför Frans Páfa Erlent Strætó og jeppi skullu saman á Reykjanesbraut Innlent Munu tryggja aðgengi að kaffistofunni sem er nú bænahús Innlent Hægfara lægð yfir landinu Veður
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 „Málinu verður ekki lokað fyrr en einhver axlar raunverulega ábyrgð“ Innlent Virginia Giuffre er látin Erlent Sex ára gamalt hús í viðgerð: Ekki við flötu þökin að sakast Innlent „Ég hef aldrei séð þetta svona svakalegt“ Innlent Eitt glæsilegasta hrossaræktarbú landsins til sölu Innlent Þýskur kafbátur við Sundahöfn Innlent Bein útsending: Útför Frans Páfa Erlent Strætó og jeppi skullu saman á Reykjanesbraut Innlent Munu tryggja aðgengi að kaffistofunni sem er nú bænahús Innlent Hægfara lægð yfir landinu Veður