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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 02 > U.S. hands over Green Zone to Iraqis

U.S. hands over Green Zone to Iraqis

By Kimi Yoshino / The Bulletin
January 2, 2009

BAGHDAD — As Iraqi schoolchildren sang their country’s praise and the band marched in a row, the United States formally handed over military control of the heavily fortified Green Zone to Iraqi troops on Thursday, a first major step in the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.

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