MOGADISHU. Mar 2: A final batch of 66 men and women from a key US army unit that was 3.600 strong at the height of hostilities last October left Mogadishu.on Tuesday, signifying the beginning of the end of US military Involvement in Somalia, reports AFP

The departure of the army, unit, the Falcon brigade from the tenth mountain division of the tenth aviation brigade based in Fort Drum. New York, now leaves only 2.700 US troops inside Somalia and another 4.000 marines and navy units off-shore.

The United States is to complete its withdrawal from the war-ravaged country by the end of the this month.