US withdraws from Iraqi towns

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Updated June 30, 2009 12:53:17

Today American forces hand over control of towns and cities to Iraqi security authorities.

Since 2003, US soldiers in their Humvees and tanks have been a fixture on the streets of Iraq, but now their visible presence will be reduced.

However, US forces will remain on hand - just in case things go wrong.

Presenter: Ben Knight, Middle East Correspondent
Speakers: statement of East Timor government (read by an actor); MP Fernanda Borges, leader of the National Unity Party and former Finance Minister