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| News Date | Saturday, April 21, 2007 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | British forces in southern Iraq have handed over security of Maysan province to Iraqi troops.
The province is the fourth to be transferred to Iraqis under a plan to eventually allow the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country.
A handover ceremony on Wednesday, attended by Iraqi and British officials, was shown on Iraqi television.
Speaking for Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, the country's national security adviser, said foreign troops would soon withdraw from provinces in autonomous Kurdistan.
Speaking for Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, the country's national security adviser, said foreign troops would soon withdraw from provinces in autonomous Kurdistan.
"Maysan... will be followed by the three Kurdistan provinces, a month from now," Mowaffaq al-Rubaie quoted Maliki as saying. "After that Kerbala and Wasit [provinces]. Then it will be province by province until we achieve [this transfer] before the end of the year."
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