Iraq Took First Step Toward Self-Rule

World | July 14, 2003, Monday // 00:00

Iraq took its first step towards self-government since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the meeting of a governing council composed of Iraqi nationals Monday. The 25 members of the new body were chosen by the US-led coalition occupying Iraq and met amid tight security in the former Ministry for Military Industry building in Baghdad. Its first decision was to declare a national holiday on 9 April -- the day US-led forces overthrew the old regime -- and scrap holidays and festivals linked to the formerly ruling Baath Party.

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