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Article: A transfer of sovereignty 2 days ahead of scheduleU.S.-led military occupation formally endsIRAQI HANDOVER COMES EARLY
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- International Herald Tribune
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- June 29, 2004
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Dexter Filkins
International Herald Tribune
06-29-2004
The U.S.-led military occupation of this restive land formally ended Monday, 15 months after Saddam Hussein was swept from power, with Iraq's new leaders taking over in a surprise ceremony designed to foil attacks by guerrilla insurgents whom U.S. forces are still struggling to vanquish.L. Paul Bremer 3rd, the chief U.S. administrator who arrived last May in a country in flames, restored Iraqi sovereignty at a simple meeting called two days ahead of schedule with no public notice, deep inside the heavily fortified area known as the Green Zone.U.S. aides and Iraqi officials, had been bracing for a wave of terrorist attacks on Wednesday, ...