伊拉克北部城市星期二发生汽车炸弹爆炸，炸死至少24人，炸伤至少25人。就在同一天，伊拉克部队正式接管了巴格达和全国各地其它城市的安全防务。这次炸弹爆炸事件发生在基尔库克市的一个市场。有关详情目前还不得而知。
基尔库克富产石油，是包括库尔德人、阿拉伯人、土库曼人、穆斯林和基督徒在内的少数民族和宗教组织权力角逐的中心。
在乐队的演奏下，伊拉克总理马利基星期二检阅了伊拉克军队。马利基称，6月30号是“一个伟大的胜利”。
伊拉克政府此前宣布，6月30号为“国家主权日”，以此纪念美国作战部队撤出伊拉克城市地区。
虽然一些伊拉克人看到美军战斗部队撤离对前景充满欢欣，其他人则对安全的改变表示不安，担心暴力会升级。
A car bomb has killed at least 24 people in a northern Iraqi city, on the day that Iraqi forces officially assumed control of security in Baghdad and other urban areas. At least 25 other people were wounded when the car bomb exploded in a market in Kirkuk. Further details were not immediately available.
The oil-rich Kirkuk region is at the center of a power struggle between ethnic and religious groups including Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, Muslims and Christians.
Earlier Tuesday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reviewed members of the Iraqi military as a band played, and he called the day a “great victory.”
The Iraqi government had declared Tuesday a “Day of National Sovereignty” to mark the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from urban areas.
While some Iraqis are joyous at seeing U.S. combat troops leave, others are nervous about the change in security and fear an increase in militant attacks.