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Article: AN NAJAF NOW UNDER PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 21, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Defense's Central Command issued the following press release:
The security and governance of nearly one-million An Najaf citizens was officially transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control in a ceremony in southern Iraq Dec. 20.
"Today we are saying no to sectarianism, and no 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 for the ceremony.
In June 2005, Iraq's Prime Minister announced a joint decision between the Iraqi government and Multinational Forces - Iraq to systematically hand over security ...
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