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[ODNation]

Iraqi handover 'brought forward'



The handover of sovereignty to Iraq is being brought forward from 30 June to today, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said.

Mr Zebari was speaking after talks with the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Mr Blair said a formal announcement would be made later. The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr in Istanbul says the surprise move, which emerged at the start of a Nato summit, is an important symbolic step.

[RussianBeer]

Yes I know! I just read it..

Now the fight begins..

[RabBell]

is this for real :h:

I didn't think they were ready for 30th June never mind bringing it forward.

[jokun]

It's been handed over, but they're still using foreign troops for security purposes. That probably won't change for a while yet. I heard on the news this morning that Bush was unable to get a NATO agreement to send in more foreign troops to take pressure off of the US military, but they wouldn't go for it. Instead, they did agree to help train Iraqi forces to better handle their own security.