Mosul celebrates US forces withdrawal

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Ninewa province organized today a central festival to celebrate the U.S.forces withdrawal form Mosul city. Our IraqiNews.com correspondent reported that the festival was attended by senior governmental officials. In a press conference, Governor Atheel Nujaifi said that the province is entering a new era of cooperation between the executive power and the military. According to the agreement between Baghdad and Washington in 2008, the U.S.forces are scheduled to leave Iraq by the end of this year. Mosul, the center of Ninewa province, lies 405 km northeast of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TP)/SR Number of Reads:110