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In Iraq, Jubilation as U.S. Combat Troops Withdraw From Cities
By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 30, 2009; 9:52 AM
BAGHDAD, June 30 -- This is no longer America's war. Six years and three months after the March 2003 invasion, the United States has withdrawn its remaining combat troops from Iraq's cities, the U.S. commander here said, and is turning over security to Iraqi police and soldiers.

While more than 130,000 U.S. troops remain in the country, patrols by heavily armed soldiers in hulking vehicles have largely disappeared from Baghdad, Mosul and Iraq's other urban centers. Iraqis danced in the streets and set off fireworks overnight in impromptu celebrations of a pivotal moment in their nation's troubled history. The government staged a military parade to mark the new national holiday of "National Sovereignty Day," and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made a triumphant, nationally televised address...

 
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Activities for July and August 2009

IF Produces Iraq's First Universal Periodic Review Report for the United Nations

IF Holds Capacity-Building Workshops in the Southern Governorates

IF Launches Computer Skills Training for Small Business Owners and Teachers in Mdaina, Iraq

IF Helps Iraqi Widows in Baghdad and Basra

IF In the Media

IF Publishes 7th and 8th Human Rights Newsletter

Activities for June 2009

IF Holds Press Meetings for Human Rights Groups in Iraq

IF Conducts Children's Rights Media Campaign and implement Small Grant Projects

IF Continues Literacy Trainings

IF Continues Training Iraqi Widows in Baghdad and Basra

IF In the Media

IF Publishes 6th Human Rights Newsletter

 
Statement by Ambassador Christopher R. Hill Senate Foreign Relations Committee
September 10, 2009

May 2009

 

Iraq Foundation Donates Water Cooler and Generators to Schools

 

IF Implements Small Grants Program

 

IF Holds Literacy Trainings

 

IF Continues Training Iraqi Widows in Baghdad and Basra

 

IF In the Media

 

IF Publishes 5th Human Rights Newsletter

 

April 2009

 

IF Staff Meet with Secretary Clinton

 

Literacy and IT Training Begins in Mdaina

 

IF Holds Graduation Ceremony in Basra

 

IF Convenes Capacity Building Trainings

 

Chief Operating Officer Addresses USIP

 

IF In the Media

 

IF Publishes 4th Human Rights Newsletter

 

 

March 2009

 

IF Celebrates International Women's Day

 

IF Hold Graduation Ceremony for Iraqi Widows Baghdad

 

IF Holds Coalition Building Meeting and Advocacy Workshop in Erbil

 

IF Recruits for the Mdaina Education Project

 

IF In the Media

 

IF Publishes 3rd Human Rights Newsletter

February 2009

 

IF Launches Mdaina Education Project

 

IF Disseminates Human Rights Posters

 

IF Holds NGO Capacity Building Workshop in Sulaimaniya

 

IF Staff Meets to Support Iraqi Widows in Baghdad and Basra

 

IF Publishes 2nd Human Rights Newsletter

 

 

January 2009

 

IF Launches Literacy Training Project in Mdaina, Iraq

 

IF Awards Small Grants to Iraqi NGOs

 

IF Launches Human Rights Billboard Media Campaign

 

IF Continues Training Iraqi Widows in Baghdad and Basra

 

 

 

 
 

 

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