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Article: COALITION TURNS OVER AN NAJAF TO IRAQIS

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December 20, 2006
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The U.S. Army issued the following press release:

BY Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Beach1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs

The security and governance of nearly one-million An Najaf citizens was officially transferred to Provincial Iraqi control in a ceremony here in southern Iraq Dec. 20.

"Today we are saying no to sectarianism, and no to terrorism, and yes for peace, and yes for freedom, and yes for democracy," said As'ad Abu-Galal al-Taai, the governor of An Najaf province, to a crowd of several hundred Iraqis gathered in the city's soccer stadium.

In June 2005, Iraq's Prime Minister announced a joint decision between the Iraqi government and Multinational Forces-Iraq to systematically hand ...

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