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10-29-2007, 11:54 AM
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Burgomaster
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Karbala Handed Over
The second portion article goes onto say how violence levels are falling, mentioning it in the very last second after listing all kinds of bad things that have happened. American casualties are at their lowest level since the beginning of the operation, and the casualties among the Iraq security forces and civilians are a mere fraction of what they have been over the last few years.
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US hands over Karbala to Iraqis
US forces have handed control of the mainly Shia province of Karbala in central Iraq to local authorities in a tightly-guarded ceremony.
Karbala is the eighth of 18 provinces to be transferred to local control since the US-led invasion in 2003.
The handover took place as at least 27 people died in a suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in Baquba, north of Baghdad, according to police.
At least 20 people were hurt. Most victims were police recruits.
Correspondents say the attack bears the hallmarks of the al-Qaeda in Iraq militants, who often target recruits.
'Year of security'
Speaking at the handover ceremony in a sports stadium in the city of Karbala, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said the country had been slow to rebuild its security forces.
"Allow me to say that we are late, very late, to reconstruct, to rebuild our forces for reasons that I do not want to mention here," he said.
But he said this year would be the year of Iraqi security while next year the focus would turn more towards reconstruction.
The BBC's Jim Muir, in Baghdad, says that despite the handover the situation in Karbala is far from perfect, with more than 50 people killed in August in clashes between Shia militias and the police.
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Source: BBC NEWS | Middle East | US hands over Karbala to Iraqis
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