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 Þungir dómar í Gufunesmálinu: „Það eru ekki alltaf jólin“ Innlent Vaktin: Stefán og Lúkas dæmdir í 17 ára fangelsi Innlent Anna ljósa fallin frá Innlent „Ég hef aldrei séð svona mikið vatn í Jökulsá“ Innlent Yfirgáfu salinn þegar Netanjahú hóf ræðu sína Erlent Vímuefnaneysla talin meginorsök banaslyss við Hraunsnef Innlent Verjandi Matthíasar hnýtir í dóminn Innlent Hringvegurinn í sundur vegna vatnavaxta Innlent Gat ekki lengur lesið en sagði engum frá því Innlent Táningsstúlkur dæmdar fyrir að flytja inn efni sem var ekki bannað 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 Þungir dómar í Gufunesmálinu: „Það eru ekki alltaf jólin“ Innlent Vaktin: Stefán og Lúkas dæmdir í 17 ára fangelsi Innlent Anna ljósa fallin frá Innlent „Ég hef aldrei séð svona mikið vatn í Jökulsá“ Innlent Yfirgáfu salinn þegar Netanjahú hóf ræðu sína Erlent Vímuefnaneysla talin meginorsök banaslyss við Hraunsnef Innlent Verjandi Matthíasar hnýtir í dóminn Innlent Hringvegurinn í sundur vegna vatnavaxta Innlent Gat ekki lengur lesið en sagði engum frá því Innlent Táningsstúlkur dæmdar fyrir að flytja inn efni sem var ekki bannað Innlent