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Samarra City
Council receives control
of former Civil Military Operations Center
1st Infantry Division & Task Force Danger News Release
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| Lt. Col. Kirk T. Allen,
(center) commander of Task Force 1-26,
turned over the key to the compound to Tariq Kamel Uwayyed, mayor of
Samarra. |
SAMARRA, Iraq – Control of
the former Civil Military Operations Center compound in the city of
Samarra, Iraq, was officially turned over to the local city council
July 1.
During a ceremony marking the
transfer, Lt. Col. Kirk T. Allen, commander of Task Force 1-26,
turned over the key to the compound to Tariq Kamel Uwayyed, mayor of
Samarra.
The transfer was greeted with joyous
reaction from Samarra residents. Numerous Iraqi flags flew
throughout the military compound.
Officials said the ceremony is an
example of the transfer of sovereignty from the Multinational Forces
to the Iraqi people and their legitimate Iraqi government
leadership. Although Multinational Forces officially handed over
control of the compound to the Iraqis, U.S. Soldiers are still
committed to the region.
Allen assured Mayor Tariq that
Multinational Forces will remain committed to helping the people of
Samarra rebuild the city’s infrastructure.
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