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Troops pledge to leave Najaf and Kufa as security transfers begin
Iraqi Najaf governor Adnan al Zurufi announced that al Mahdi Army and American forces would pull back from Najaf and Kufa and hand security to Iraqi police. Despite the pledge no fighters moved and some were told to hide weapons. At the same time a US patrol in Baghdad near Sadr City was attacked, killing five soldiers and wounding five others. A roadside bombing near Mosul left five men dead.
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Ufa
Iraq
Najaf
Kufa
Muatada al
Sadr City
1St Cavalry Division
James Hutton
Mosul
Tareimiya
Baghdad
U.S. Army
Adnan al- Zurufi
al-Sadr
al-Zurufi
Brad May
U.S
2Nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
May
Imam Ali Shrine
Mark Hertling
1St Armored Division
Hertling
Muatada al-Sadr
al- Sadr