Two-Thirds of Iraq Now Under Local Control
-- CNSNews
-- CNSNews
(CNSNews.com) - Political progress continued to gain momentum in Iraq this month with the U.S. military transferring authority to local officials in the Wasit and Babil Provinces.
Wasit was transferred on Wednesday and Babil was transferred on October 23.
That means 13 out of 18 provinces, two-thirds of the country, have been turned over to local authorities.
Babil includes the Sunni belt once known as the “triangle of death.” Wasit is mostly Shite and borders Iran. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army was active in the province before Iraqi forces moved against him earlier this year with support from the U.S.
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More Information From Operation Iraqi Freedom: Provincial Iraqi Control as of Wednesday, 29 October 2008
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