A "new dawn" has come to Iraq, the US military said, after the last US combat brigade was pulled out of the country on Thursday - more than seven years after the invasion.<br /><br />It was widely thought the departure, which happened two weeks ahead of schedule, would be met by a jubilant response from many Iraqis. <br /><br />However, there is growing uncertainty as to whether the country is ready to stand on its own two feet amid its political instability.<br /><br />Rawya Rageh reports from Baghdad, Iraq's capital, on the public's reaction to the US withdrawal. <br /><br />[August 19, 2010]