Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The Iraqi city passed under the protection of local troops.

Since 30 June the protection of security of Iraq will deal with local military personnel, reported AFP. U.S. troops leave Iraq.
In Baghdad and other cities, additional security measures that should prevent the activation of fighters: for example, on the streets of Baghdad there are extra police patrols and introduced a temporary ban on the movement of motorcycles, because over the past few months, suicide bombers have arrived at the place of terrorist attacks on two transportation.
The Civil Defense in Baghdad Takhsin al-Sheyhli said that the Iraqi people welcome the opportunity to defend himself. Evening on Monday in Baghdad have been celebrating the withdrawal of American troops. The former building of the Ministry of Defense was once again transferred to the Iraqi government.
Note that in the last month at the hands of terrorists killed hundreds of Iraqis. As a result of a truck explosion mined in Kirkuk on 20 June killed 72 people and wounding 200 more.
The total number of Iraqi troops and police is 175 thousand people. By mid-June in Iraq remained 131 thousand American soldiers: the withdrawal of troops must be fully completed before the end of 2011.

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