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Facebook Newsvine Reddit Iraqi forces assume formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops hand over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. Fireworks, not bombings, colored the Baghdad skyline late Monday, and thousands attended a party in a park where singers performed patriotic songs. Loudspeakers at police stations and Military checkpoints played recordings of similar tunes throughout the day, as Iraqi Military vehicles decorated with flowers and national flags patrolled the capital.
Iraqi forces assume formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops hand over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country.
Fireworks, not bombings, colored the Baghdad skyline late Monday, and thousands attended a party in a park where singers performed patriotic songs. Loudspeakers at police stations and Military checkpoints played recordings of similar tunes throughout the day, as Iraqi Military vehicles decorated with flowers and national flags patrolled the capital.