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Iraqi police are preparing to take charge of security in most of the country's cities as US troops withdraw from urban centers on June 30, but the Iraqi army will help in the most dangerous areas, a senior security official said. With just weeks to go before Iraqi security forces take sole control of the country's cities, towns and villages.

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