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Yankee go home!
US troops to leave Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, and military bases are located outside urban areas.
This was in accordance with a bilateral US-Iraqi agreement on security, which at this stage of US troops will transfer security functions of urban areas of the Iraqi army, in September 2010. stop military operations, and by 2012. even to leave the country, reports Associated Press.
The withdrawal was accompanied by celebrations. There was a parade of the Iraqi army and police forces, took the salute. The authorities officially declared June 30 a new holiday - Day of national sovereignty.
According to the US administration planned schedule for the phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq, to date, US troops have been handed over to Iraqi security forces control over 138 military zones.
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1) Iraqi soldiers rejoice before the parade to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities on June 30 in the southern city of Kerbala, 110 km to the south of the capital Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Mohammed Sawaf)
2) The parade of Iraqi army and police in Baghdad on Tuesday, June 30th. Six years after the US invasion of Iraq, local security forces took control of the cities. (AP / Karim Kadim)
3) Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a safe "green zone" in central Baghdad on June 30 to mark the withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns of the country. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
4) Iraqi security forces patrol the streets in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, June 30th. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
5) Iraqi security forces patrol the streets in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, June 30th. After the withdrawal of US forces from the cities of the responsibility for maintaining security take over 120 thousand soldiers of the Iraqi army and police. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
6) The Iraqi police and soldiers are celebrating a platoon of US troops from cities in the southern city of Basra, 550 km from the capital Baghdad on 30 June. (AFP / Getty Images / Essam -Al-Sudani)
7) During praznovaniya withdrawal of US troops in Basra June 30 joyful Iraqis are thrown into the air Fig. Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to celebrate this day. Experts expect an increase in violence in the country. (AFP / Getty Images / Essam -Al-Sudani)
8) The Iraqi men and women during the celebration in the park Zavriev in central Baghdad on 29 June. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
9) Fireworks in the night sky over Baghdad on Monday, 29 of June. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
10) The Iraqi national police patrol in central Baghdad on Tuesday, June 30th. (AP / Hadi Mizban)
11) The Iraqi security officers on June 30 during a parade in the southern city of Najaf, located 160 km south of Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Qassem Zein)
12) Iraqi security forces celebrate withdrawal of US troops in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, located 112 km west of Baghdad, on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Karim Kadim)
13) The Iraqis celebrating the withdrawal of US troops in Baghdad on Monday, June 29 Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets en masse to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops from cities. Broadcaster CNN reports that the people of Baghdad danced and sang patriotic songs in the central park of the city. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
14) Iraqi security forces celebrate withdrawal of US troops in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, located 112 km west of Baghdad, on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Karim Kadim)
15) Iraqi security forces celebrate withdrawal of US troops in Ramadi on Monday, on 29 June. The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq - a new page in the history of Iraq. (AP / Karim Kadim)
16) The Iraqi soldiers carry the national flag during the parade at the old Iraqi Ministry of Defense, the last of the 86 positions held by the US military in Baghdad on 29 June. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
17) The Iraqi soldiers march during a parade on June 29 at the old Iraqi Ministry of Defense, the last of the 86 positions held by the US military in Baghdad after the US invasion in 2003. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
18) serves tea Iraqi civilian military specialist US Army Adam Styles, 30 years old, from the city of Spokane, Washington, the 1st Battalion, 5 Infantry Regiment, during a patrol in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
19) An American soldier checks his weapons before his last visit to the Iraqi police commander June 29 in the north-eastern part of Baquba, 60 km from Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
20) An American soldier holding a toy intended for an Iraqi child, starting with the last visit to the Iraqi police commander June 29 in the north-eastern part of Baquba, 60 km from Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
21) US Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5 infantry regiment during the ceremony of the extension of the contract of one of their colleagues in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
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This was in accordance with a bilateral US-Iraqi agreement on security, which at this stage of US troops will transfer security functions of urban areas of the Iraqi army, in September 2010. stop military operations, and by 2012. even to leave the country, reports Associated Press.
The withdrawal was accompanied by celebrations. There was a parade of the Iraqi army and police forces, took the salute. The authorities officially declared June 30 a new holiday - Day of national sovereignty.
According to the US administration planned schedule for the phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq, to date, US troops have been handed over to Iraqi security forces control over 138 military zones.
21 phot via bigpicture.ru
1) Iraqi soldiers rejoice before the parade to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi cities on June 30 in the southern city of Kerbala, 110 km to the south of the capital Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Mohammed Sawaf)
2) The parade of Iraqi army and police in Baghdad on Tuesday, June 30th. Six years after the US invasion of Iraq, local security forces took control of the cities. (AP / Karim Kadim)
3) Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a safe "green zone" in central Baghdad on June 30 to mark the withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns of the country. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
4) Iraqi security forces patrol the streets in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, June 30th. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
5) Iraqi security forces patrol the streets in central Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, June 30th. After the withdrawal of US forces from the cities of the responsibility for maintaining security take over 120 thousand soldiers of the Iraqi army and police. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
6) The Iraqi police and soldiers are celebrating a platoon of US troops from cities in the southern city of Basra, 550 km from the capital Baghdad on 30 June. (AFP / Getty Images / Essam -Al-Sudani)
7) During praznovaniya withdrawal of US troops in Basra June 30 joyful Iraqis are thrown into the air Fig. Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to celebrate this day. Experts expect an increase in violence in the country. (AFP / Getty Images / Essam -Al-Sudani)
8) The Iraqi men and women during the celebration in the park Zavriev in central Baghdad on 29 June. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
9) Fireworks in the night sky over Baghdad on Monday, 29 of June. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
10) The Iraqi national police patrol in central Baghdad on Tuesday, June 30th. (AP / Hadi Mizban)
11) The Iraqi security officers on June 30 during a parade in the southern city of Najaf, located 160 km south of Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Qassem Zein)
12) Iraqi security forces celebrate withdrawal of US troops in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, located 112 km west of Baghdad, on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Karim Kadim)
13) The Iraqis celebrating the withdrawal of US troops in Baghdad on Monday, June 29 Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets en masse to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops from cities. Broadcaster CNN reports that the people of Baghdad danced and sang patriotic songs in the central park of the city. (AP / Khalid Mohammed)
14) Iraqi security forces celebrate withdrawal of US troops in Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, located 112 km west of Baghdad, on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Karim Kadim)
15) Iraqi security forces celebrate withdrawal of US troops in Ramadi on Monday, on 29 June. The withdrawal of US troops from Iraq - a new page in the history of Iraq. (AP / Karim Kadim)
16) The Iraqi soldiers carry the national flag during the parade at the old Iraqi Ministry of Defense, the last of the 86 positions held by the US military in Baghdad on 29 June. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
17) The Iraqi soldiers march during a parade on June 29 at the old Iraqi Ministry of Defense, the last of the 86 positions held by the US military in Baghdad after the US invasion in 2003. (AFP / Getty Images / Ali Al-Saadi)
18) serves tea Iraqi civilian military specialist US Army Adam Styles, 30 years old, from the city of Spokane, Washington, the 1st Battalion, 5 Infantry Regiment, during a patrol in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
19) An American soldier checks his weapons before his last visit to the Iraqi police commander June 29 in the north-eastern part of Baquba, 60 km from Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
20) An American soldier holding a toy intended for an Iraqi child, starting with the last visit to the Iraqi police commander June 29 in the north-eastern part of Baquba, 60 km from Baghdad. (AFP / Getty Images / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
21) US Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5 infantry regiment during the ceremony of the extension of the contract of one of their colleagues in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday, on 29 June. (AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
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