Iraqis Celebrate Us Pullback But Bombing Kills 27 (ap)

People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30. 2009. The bombing comes as Iraqis celebrate what the government is calling National Sovereignty Day to mark the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)AP – Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets.

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