Iraqi government officials and U.S. military leaders look-on as Iraqi security forces passed for review representing the Iraqi military, police and civil leadership in Baghdad, June 30, 2009. The event marks the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraqi cities under a security agreement. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Tommy Avilucea Insurgents Hail Pullout of Troops From Cities -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — A day after Iraqis celebrated the formal withdrawal of American combat troops from towns and cities, leaders of some of the most high-profile insurgent and opposition groups had their say on Wednesday.
Statements were released by a former senior ally of Saddam Hussein, a Sunni clerical association that has sanctioned armed resistance and Moktada al-Sadr, the anti-American Shiite cleric, all of which hailed the withdrawal as a victory for the resistance and compared it to the beginning of the revolt against the British occupation in 1920.
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