'Let Freedom Reign' ; Coalition Hands Over Power to Iraqi Government
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 29, 2004
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The temporary stewards of Iraq's future reclaimed their nation two days early, accepting limited power Monday. The American occupiers wished Iraqis prosperity and handed them a staggering slate of problems - including a lethal insurgency that the former ruling coalition acknowledged it had underestimated.
With the passing of a sheaf of documents and a prime minister's oath on a red Koran, the land once ruled by Saddam Hussein received official sovereignty from U.S. administrators in a secretive ceremony moved up to thwart insurgents' attempts at undermining the transfer.See the full content of this document
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'Let Freedom Reign' ; Coalition Hands Over Power to Iraqi Government
"The Iraqi people have their country back," President Bush said at a NATO summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
Handed a scribbled note about the surprise transfer of power in Baghdad, Bush turned and whispered the news to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his unwavering war ally. They shook hands and pledged not to let terrorists crush the rise of a free Iraq.The ...See the full content of this document
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