US troops are turning over patrolling of Iraq’s cities and towns to the country’s police and armed forces, a cause for celebration in much of Iraq, but in Kirkuk, the withdrawal of foreign forces was marred by the latest deadly blast, a bomb that killed 30 people when it went off in a market, reports Al Jazeera. CNN
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 30 June 2009 at 18:32 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 30 June 2009.
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Tags: Iraq, Kirkuk, pullout, US troops, withdrawal
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