Marines Handover Najaf
![]() Spanish soldiers read their mail after a ceremony on September 23, 2003 to hand over responsibility for the Iraqi holy city of Najaf from U.S. Marines to a Spanish-led brigade inside a Polish-led multinational division. The Marines had been responsible for the region since April, soon after the war that ousted Saddam Hussein, and will now return to their base in California. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh ![]() U.S. marines wave after a ceremony in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, September 23,2003 in which U.S. Marines handed over responsibility for the area to a Spanish-led force. U.S. Marines handed over on Tuesday to a Spanish-led force in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, scene of the country's deadliest postwar bomb attack which killed more than 80 people including a top Shi'ite cleric. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh ![]() A U.S. serviceman clenches his fist in joy after a ceremony in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, September 23,2003 in which U..S. U.S. Marines handed over on Tuesday to a Spanish-led force in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, scene of the country's deadliest postwar bomb attack which killed more than 80 people including a top Shi'ite cleric. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh ![]() Polish Major General Andrzej Tyszkiewicz (L) talks to Spanish Brigadier General Alfredo Cardona at a ceremony on September 23, 2003 to hand over responsibility for the Iraqi holy city of Najaf from U.S. Marines to a Spanish-led brigade inside a Polish-led multinational division. The Marines had been responsible for the region since April, soon after the war that ousted Saddam Hussein, and will now return to their base in California. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh ![]() A U.S. soldier holds an American flag while Spanish soldiers talk in the background at camp Babylon in Najaf, on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2003 during a ceremony where the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment handed over power of the Najaf province to the Plus Ultra Spanish Brigade. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo) ![]() A U.S. soldier walks past Iraqi women at camp Babylon in Najaf, on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2003 where the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment handed over power of the Najaf province to the Plus Ultra Spanish Brigade. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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