Courtesy DOD
Notes - Striped areas are anticipated to be transitioned to the ISF soon.
via AFP
"By late summer I believe we'll be in pretty good shape down in Najaf and Karbala, and Babel will take a little longer," the commander said in a background briefing to journalists.
On Monday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, during a visit by his British counterpart Tony Blair, named two other southern provinces, Samawa and Amara(ed Maysan and Muthana), to be turned over to Iraqi forces in June.
British officials later revised this date, noting that the planned commencement was actually July
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