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02/12/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - BAGHDAD (AFP) U.S. forces handed the Iraqi government Friday the main base Camp Victory near Baghdad. A spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, told AFP: "Tuesday morning was and officially hand over the base Camp Victory to the Iraqi government. " He added that "this rule is no longer under the control of the U.S. and is now in the custody of the Iraqi government fully." He said American spokesman said "there was no celebration, just sign the papers." The base is the headquarters of U.S. forces in command of operations during the war in Iraq, as it were included in most periods, the largest number of American soldiers and contractors. spokeswoman said the other as U.S. forces report Angela Vonaaro that "U.S. soldiers began the leave the base on Thursday night, while the quoted base air adjacent to the Victory to the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and there is still a limited number of our soldiers. " U.S. President Barack Obama announced on October 21 last, 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 of 13800 U.S. troops in Iraq, while the remaining five bases have military handed over to the Iraqis before year's end. and base of Camp Victory, a group of palaces, artificial lakes. The concentration of the senior U.S. military commanders who served in Iraq, especially in the palaces of glory and the FAO, where was located the leadership of major operations. It was used al-Qaeda is also to commemorate various events, including those that took place Thursday and attended by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani, on the occasion of "faithful day" celebration of American withdrawal. The rule also includes two houses, one of them turned into a prison for the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, noting that the external facade of the house and stayed until the devastating No one doubts the existence of a secret prison in this place.
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