Article: US opens new embassy in Baghdad.

Byline: Baghdad

The United States opened its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolise its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.

In recent weeks US diplomats have gradually moved into the $592 million newly-built compound, the world's largest US embassy building, leaving behind a sprawling palace they had inhabited since toppling Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2003.

US officials ruled Iraq directly from the same palace for more than a year after taking Baghdad.

The opening of the new embassy is in line with a change of power that was effected on New Year's Day, when US ...

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