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News Source: Times Online
| 5 months ago
Iraq celebrated a “day of national victory” to mark the withdrawal of US combat troops from its cities even as a bomb killed 27 people in Kirkuk in a reminder of the challenges facing the country’s security forces now that they are in charge.
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News Source: Canada.com
| 5 months ago
It was an Iraq war milestone marked by street celebrations in Baghdad, but with little more than passing notice in the White House. While Iraq's government called a national holiday to mark the withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops from the nation's...
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News Source: Gulf News
| 5 months ago
Iraq marked the June 30 pullback of US troops with a national holiday six years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussain. American troops will quit their posts in urban centres by midnight, ahead of a complete pullout by the end of 2011.
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News Source: Kiev Post
| 5 months ago
Hours after U.S. troops handed over full control of Iraq's cities to its domestic security forces, a car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 30 people on Tuesday, police said. The blast tore through a busy market in a largely Kurdish...
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News Source: The Guardian
| 5 months ago
The explosion was a deadly reminder of the challenges facing the Iraqi government even as it celebrated the withdrawal of US combat troops from cities. It marred what had otherwise been a festive day as Iraqis marked what the government had declared...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 5 months ago
A booby-trapped motorcycle loaded with nails and ball-bearings exploded in a crowded bazaar on Friday in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people and wounding 50, Iraqi officials said. The attack occurred just four days before the deadline for US combat...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
A car bomb has killed at least 15 people in a northern Iraqi city, on the day that Iraqi forces officially assume control of security in Baghdad and other urban areas. Further details of the bombing in Kirkuk were not immediately available. The Iraqi...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 5 months ago
Members of the Communist Party distribute sweets to Iraqi security forces to celebrate the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Baghdad on Tuesday. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki assured his people Tuesday that government...
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News Source: International Business Times
| 5 months ago
Though some Iraqis fear the first step of a full U.S. withdrawal leaves them open to attack, the government declared "National Sovereignty Day" a holiday and held a military parade to flex its muscles at a still stubborn insurgency. "This day, which...
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News Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald
| 5 months ago
Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to...