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Iraq declares holiday as U.S. pulls back

Iraqi security forces patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq on the day U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. Full Article at Newsday

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  1. Iraqi security forces patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq on the day U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. Full Article at Newsday

  2. BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces assume formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops hand over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the US combat role in the country. Full Article at Times of India

  3. NEW YORK - General Ray Odierno, the American commander in Iraq, said yesterday that Iraq’s military and police units were ready to operate on their own, ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the withdrawal of American combat troops from the country’s cities... Full Article at Boston Globe

  4. "I do believe they are ready," General Ray Odierno told CNN. "They've been working towards this for a long time." Full Article at The Telegraph

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  1. CRETE, GREECE - JUNE 03:  A Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 fighter bomber flies close toa VC-10 refuelling plane on June 3, 2009 near the island of Crete in Greece. British forces are continuing to withdraw from Iraq after combat operations officially ended in April 2009.
  2. Iraqi supporters of Shiite radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold pictures of him and his late father Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr (C) during a protest in Baghdad on April 09, 2009.
  3. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with Iraq's Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) aided by a translator (C) in the heavily fortified Green Zone August 21, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.
  4. WASHINGTON - APRIL 10:  U.S. President George W. Bush makes a statement on Iraq policy from the Cross Hall of the White House April 10, 2008 in Washington, DC.
  5. AMMAN, JORDAN - MARCH 18:  In this image released by the Jordan Royal Palace, King Abdullah II of Jordan (R) meets with U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at the Royal Palace March 18, 2008 in Amman, Jordan.
  6. (From L) Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger, Friede Springer of German publishing giant Axel Springer, former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski former and German foreign minister Hans-Di...
  7. Tiger Woods of the United States drops the ball after his ball went into water hazard at the 18th green during the final round of the HSBC Champions golf tournament at Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 in Shanghai, China.
  8. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 07:  United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner returns from a run before the G20 finance ministers meeting on November 7, 2009 in St Andrews, Scotland.
  9. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 06:  U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) testifies during a hearing before the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill November 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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