CBS 2: World Wire U.S. forces pull out of town in Sunni Triangle:
"KHALIDYAH, Iraq (AP) Thousands of Iraqis cheered and threw stones Tuesday as U.S. Marines handed over positions in this tense Sunni Triangle town to an Iraqi civil defense force.
The Iraqi Civil Defense Corps took over in Khaldiyah, 50 miles northwest of Baghdad, under an agreement with local clerics, said Lt. Col. Hammad Shahir Sarhan of the Iraqi forces.
Sarhan said his division flew the Iraqi flag after U.S. troops moved to their main base in Habbaniyah. People swept into the streets to rejoice, throwing stones as the Marines passed."
"KHALIDYAH, Iraq (AP) Thousands of Iraqis cheered and threw stones Tuesday as U.S. Marines handed over positions in this tense Sunni Triangle town to an Iraqi civil defense force.
The Iraqi Civil Defense Corps took over in Khaldiyah, 50 miles northwest of Baghdad, under an agreement with local clerics, said Lt. Col. Hammad Shahir Sarhan of the Iraqi forces.
Sarhan said his division flew the Iraqi flag after U.S. troops moved to their main base in Habbaniyah. People swept into the streets to rejoice, throwing stones as the Marines passed."
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