between iraq and kuwait. as you you noted, the past hour a celebration, maybe many hours we watched as convoy after convoy of american troops poured through this border coming out of iraq. this is a momentous day for the united states' participation in the region. basically the u.s. presence in iraq is now over except for a residual force all u.s. troops, all u.s. hardware being pulled out as of today. that is to meet an agreement struck between the united states and iraq that stipulated that all u.s. forces had to be out by the end of this year. they pushed it up a little sooner just to make sure the folks got home for chas which it looks like -- for christmas which it looks like will happen. it was a careful journey by the last convoy because the security is major concern still even in the waning days of our own participation in this war. militants in the southern part of iraq had openly declared