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News Source: Uinta County News
| 5 months ago
05:30 PM CDT on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Five years ago Tuesday, the United States declared Iraq a "sovereign" country despite the fact that thousands of foreign troops, military contractors and insurgents continued to occupy it.
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News Source: The Naples Daily News
| 5 months ago
14 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2009 On the same day as U.S. troops exited Iraqi cities, the Madsen family – holding balloons, posters and flags -- welcomed home U.S...The Naples native and Barron Collier High School graduate arrived Tuesday around 10...
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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: The Hindu
| 5 months ago
A string of government-orchestrated celebrations with strong nationalistic overtones marked the exit of American forces from Iraqi cities and towns. Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki hailed the withdrawal of the American troops from urban areas as a...
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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: The Hill
| 5 months ago
Bush's “Mission Accomplished” moment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. A car bombing on Tuesday killed 24 amid Iraqi celebrations over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from urban centers. The White House said it expected some instances of violence as...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
The top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Army General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday that American combat forces have completed the planned withdrawal from Baghdad and other urban areas. Speaking via satellite from Baghdad to reporters at the Pentagon,...
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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
With Iraqi forces taking over most of the security, the government declared today a "National Sovereignty Day" holiday and held a military parade involving thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police in the fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic...
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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...