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Friday, 02/12/2011 U.S. forces handed over the Iraqi government on Friday, the base of Camp Victory near Baghdad, the basic, according to a spokesman for the U.S. military. Col. Barry Johnson, "was this morning and formally hand over the base Camp Victory to the Iraqi government" he said, adding that "this rule is no longer under U.S. control, and is now in the custody of the Iraqi government fully," noting that "there was no celebration, just sign the papers." The rule is the headquarters for U.S. forces in command of operations during the the war in Iraq, as it was included in most periods, the largest number of American soldiers and contractors. spokeswoman said again, on behalf of U.S. forces provided Angela Vonaaro that "U.S. soldiers began to leave the base on Thursday night, as quoted by the air base adjacent to the Victory to the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where there is still a limited number of our soldiers. " The U.S. President Barack Obama announced on October 21, that U.S. forces will withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year 2011 pursuant to the security agreement signed between the two sides. There is still less than 13,800 U.S. troops in Iraq, in the remaining five military bases must be handed over to the Iraqis before the end of the year.
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