Iraqi policemen celebrate as they mark the U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi cities, in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad June 29, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) What are added to Baghdad's usually tensional streets -- featured by countless checkpoints,... Full Article at People's Daily Online

www.nytimes.com — Iraqi police officers celebrated the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Basra on Tuesday. Full Article at Beltway Blips

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

Baghdad: US combat troops prepared to leave the last of Iraq’s cities on Tuesday, a move hailed by Iraqi authorities as restoring sovereignty and applauded by Iraqis even though they fear it may leave them more vulnerable. Full Article at livemint.com

BAGHDAD -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed in combat shortly before the American military completed a withdrawal from Iraq's cities, and the prime minister assured Iraqis that government forces taking control of urban areas on Tuesday were more than... Full Article at WFTV

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

ReutersAn Iraqi soldier raises the Iraqi flag as he celebrates near US military vehicles withdrawing from a military base US troops pulled out of Baghdad, triggering jubilation among Iraqis hopeful that foreign military occupation is ending six... Full Article at Pakistan News.net

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

"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