DAMASCUS - Iraqi calendars are marked with special days relevant to their history. Previously, July 14 - the day the army toppled the Hashemite monarchy in 1958 - was a national holiday. So was April 7, the day the Ba'ath Party was formed in 1947.
Iraqis now have a new public holiday - National Sovereignty Day, the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraqi towns and cities on June 30 and the formal handover of security duties to new Iraqi forces as per the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) approved by the Iraqi government in late 2008 between Iraq and the United States.
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