Article: Urgent: Three US soldiers killed in Najaf province

Article: UNITED KINGDOM: DEFENCE SECRETARY WELCOMES HANDOVER OF ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 20, 2006 ;     345 words ... ... 2006, welcomed the handover of An-Najaf province in Iraq: "Today's handover of An-Najaf Province to Iraqi control is another step in ... achieving this important milestone." An-Najaf province was not one of the provinces under ...

Article: MND-B TRANSFERS NAJAF PROVINCE OPERATIONAL AREA TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 1, 2006 ;     624 words ... ... 1st Bde, 8th IA Div assumed responsibility for the entire Najaf province from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division ... Provincial Government for their success with the security of the Najaf province and the strong teamwork he had seen between the three entities ...

Article: U.S-led forces hand over security of Najaf province ...
Xinhua News Agency;  December 20, 2006 ;     396 words ...U.S-led forces hand over security of Najaf province to Iraqis BAGHDAD, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S.-led coalition forces handed over security control of Najaf province to Iraqi forces on Wednesday in third such transfer of an entire province ...

Article: U.S. troops turn over security of Najaf province to ...
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... assumed security responsibilities in relatively peaceful Najaf province Wednesday, marking the first such handover by U.S. troops ... politicians. Although U.S. forces turned over control of Najaf province, they will remain on standby in case the security situation ...

Article: Iraqi forces control Najaf province
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...NAJAF, Iraq -- U.S. forces ceded control of southern Najaf province to Iraqi police and soldiers, who marked the occasion Wednesday with a parade and martial arts demonstrations. But doubts remain ...

Transcript: IRAQI SECURITY FORCES TAKE CONTROL OF NAJAF ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  November 30, 2004 ;     697 words ... ... Data 11-30-2004 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2004 -- About three months after decisive combat operations ended in Iraq's Najaf province, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit commander declared today that Iraqi security forces have formally assumed local control ...

Article: U.S. Transfers Control Of Najaf Province to Iraqi ...
The Washington Post;  December 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...U.S. forces handed over control of the southern province of Najaf to Iraqi security forces Wednesday while violence continued in the Iraqi capital, with several car bombs killing at least 12 people. Top Iraqi government and military leaders attended a handover ceremony in Najaf, a holy Shiite city