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U.S. hands control of Baghdad’s Green Zone to Iraq (Los Angeles Times) |
It’s a big first step toward withdrawal from Iraq — a ‘day of sovereignty,’ Prime Minister Nouri Maliki says, that should become a national holiday. As Iraqi schoolchildren sang their country’s praise and the band marched, the United States formally handed over military control of the heavily fortified Green Zone to Iraqi troops Thursday, a first major step in the American withdrawal from …
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