“Today Is a Historical Day”

Iraqi sovereignty was handed over from U.S. military government to Iraq’s interim government after 14 months and 19 days. Senior U.S. Administrator L. Paul Bremer, right, shakes hands with Iraqi Chief Justice Midhat Al-Mahmodi after the handover of the sovereignty transfer document on June 28 at the provisional administration in the green zone, Baghdad, as Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi looks on at center.