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Maanta oo Talaado ah Taariikhduna tahey 30-06-2009 waa Waqtigii ugu danbeeysay ee Ciidamda Mareykanka loo qabtey inay Gudaha Magaalooyinka Ciraaq uga baxaan, tagaana meel magaalooyinka banaankooda ah ee aad ugu fog, balse ay Roondooyin ka sameyn doonaan Gudaha Magaalooyinka xilli kasta oo ay doonaan.waxa ayna ku soo beegmeysaa xilli Dalka wali ku sii sugan yihiin, sidoo kale
Waxaa la arkayay Aroortii hore ee Saaka Ciidamada Mareykanka oo ku hubeysan Gaadiidka Dagaalka ee gaashaamaan oo si tartiib tartiib ah Gudaha Magaalooyinka uga baxaya , balse aan aheyn sidii Shacabka reer Ciraaq filayeen oo aheyd inay arkaan Kumanaanka ciidan ee Magaalooyinka ku sugan inay ka wada baxaan.
Ciidamada Ciraaqiyiinta oo si aad ah u damaashaadaya ayaa si rasmi ah ula Wareegay Amniga Magaalooyinkaas, kadib Markii ay ka baxeen Ciidamada Mareykanka Saacadihii hore ee Saaka oo Talaada ah, Nuuri Al-Maaliki ayaa Ciidamadiisa ugu baaqay in ay Farxad ka Muujiyaan Munaasibadaas.
Ka bixitaanka ciidamada Mareykanka ee Magaalooyinka waxay horey u bilaabatey dhowr bilood ka hor sida uu sheegay jananka hogaamiya Re Odierno
Sidoo kale waxa uu intaa ku darey in iskaashiga xagga amniga ee ka dhaxeeya iyada & Dowlada Ciraaq ayna ciidamadooda ka mancineynin inay dib u soo gudaha Magaalooyinka.
Dhanka kale Toddobaakii ugu danbeeyay Magaalooyinka waaweyn ee Dalka ciraaq waxaa hareeyay Qarax xoogan oo dhaliyay kharooyin badan oo Naf iyo Maalba leh.
Mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan Dowlada ciraaq oo horey uga hadley qaraxyadii ugu danbeeyayayaa waxay sheegeen inay salka ku hayaan arrimo siyaasadeed oo loo qaadan karo in bixitaanka ciidamada Mareykanka Ciraaq qeyb ka yahey, si indhaha beesha caalmka loogu tuso Ciraaq inaan sidaa looga tegi Karin.
SomaliSwiss Muqdisho
Iraqis Take Control as US Troops Leave Cities
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi forces prepared to take control of towns and cities nationwide on Tuesday as American troops finally withdrew in a milestone for the country’s recovery six years after the US-led invasion.
Baghdad’s streets were quiet and traffic much lighter than usual as people stayed at home for a national holiday to mark the June 30 pullback, ahead of a complete US withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2011.
Iraqis celebrated into the night but soldiers and police were out in force to prevent insurgent groups spoiling the party as American troops quit their posts in urban centres.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani marked the security handover by thanking US forces for the sacrifices they made in overthrowing now executed dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, and in the years of violence that followed.
“They beared the burden and dangers against the most cruel regime and against the mutual enemy — the terror,” Talabani said on state television.
The US army announced that four of its soldiers died from combat-related on Monday, taking to 4,321 the number of US soldiers killed since the invasion.
The pullout is part of a landmark security agreement signed last year between Baghdad and Washington covering the fate of the some 133,000 US troops still in Iraq.
Security was tight in the the wake of several massive bombings that have killed more than 200 people this month alone.
All leave for security force personnel has been cancelled and motorcycles, a favoured form of transport for several recent bombers, have been banned from the streets.
“Our expectation is that maybe some criminals will try to continue their attacks,” interior ministry operations director Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf said.
“That is why orders came from the highest level of the prime minister that our forces should be 100 percent on the ground until further notice.”
On Monday, the former defence ministry building in the capital, taken over in the wake of the US-led invasion, was handed back to the Iraqi government.
“This marks the end of the rule of the multinational force,” said General Abboud Qambar, the head of Baghdad Operation Command.
It was a landmark celebrated by huge crowds of revellers in Baghdad’s largest park on Monday evening.
Popular Iraqi singers including Salah Hassan, Kassem Sultan and Abed Falek, who all live abroad, returned home for the celebration.
“Since 2003, I have never been to a party but today I am coming to hear the singers I love,” Ahmed Ali, 20, told AFP.
Revellers had to undergo three security checks to enter the park but no one seemed to complain amid a jubilant atmosphere, where an onstage banner declared that Baghdad’s sovereignty and independence had been recovered.
Even policemen joined in the fun, dancing with the party-goers.
“Today is the day that we got back our country,” said Salim Mohammed, from the sprawling Shiite working-class district of Sadr City.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned earlier this month that insurgent groups and militias were likely to step up attacks in the run-up to June 30 in a bid to undermine confidence in Iraq’s own security forces.
There have been several large bombings since, the deadliest near the northern oil hub of Kirkuk on June 20, when a truck loaded with explosives was detonated, leaving 72 people dead and more than 200 wounded.
A source close to Iraq’s counter-terrorism office revealed on Monday that a truck loaded with 64 mortar rounds believed intended for use in sabotaging the pullout had been intercepted in Baghdad after successfully negotiating 11 roadblocks.
But Maliki and senior government officials have insisted that Iraq’s 750,000 soldiers and police can defend the nation against attacks.
Only a small number of US forces in training and advisory roles will remain in urban areas, with the bulk of American troops in Iraq quartered elsewhere.
The Status of Forces Agreement, which set the pullback deadline, says US commanders must seek permission from Iraqi authorities to conduct operations, but American troops retain a unilateral right to “legitimate self-defence”.
Source: AFP
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