[jQuery] tag being output in wrong order from load call

[paulp75]

The code which is created on the page is like this
 <a href="jq-remove.php" id="Delete_<?php echo $thiscart-
>DisplayIndex; ?>" class="removeitem" /> <img src="images/remove.gif"
border="0" alt="remove" /> </a>

note that the </a> is after the image.

i call the page from  this jquery query

(".removeitem").livequery('click', function(){
var removeidno = $(this).attr("id");
$('#cartcontents').load("jq-remove.php", { removeid: removeidno } );
 return false; });

now for some reason when it is output to the browser it comes back as
<a href="linketc.php"></a><img src="images/remove.gif" border="0"
alt="remove" />

anyone know why this would be happening?
thanks