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On 8 June 2004 , the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 was adopted unanimously, calling for "the end of the occupation and the assumption of full responsibility and authority by a fully sovereign and independent Interim Government of Iraq by 30 June 2004 ." The transfer of sovereignty actually took place a day or two ahead of schedule. Though resulting in the legal return of sovereignty to an Iraqi-led governing force and technically ending the Occupation , practical responsibilites continue to be handed over by the multinational force in Iraq. HISTORY After major combat operations ended, US President George W. Bush set up the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and led by United States civilian administrator Paul Bremer . On July 22 2003 , the CPA formed the Iraqi Governing Council . The council created a provisional constitution guaranteeing Freedom Of Religion but also forbidding any law to be created that violates the principles of Islam . The multinational forces set 2004 , the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 was adopted unanimously and the transfer took place a day or two ahead of schedule. On January 30 2005 , Iraq's first post-war democratic Elections were held, without much violence. These elections created the Iraqi National Assembly , which in April 2005 appointed a new administration, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari . The US administration has repeatedly said that they would leave the country if asked to do so by the Iraqi leadership. Talabani has stated that improvements in the strength of Iraq's own army could enable US troop reductions of up to 50,000 by the end of 2005, though he has since backtracked from that claim. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201986_pf.html CONTROVERSY Supporters of the Iraq war, as well as democracy supporters in general, tend to agree with the view that Iraq regained its sovereignty in June 2004, and that the Occupation has thus ended. These advocates regard the Insurgent s as Rebel s against the Iraqi Authorit ies and condemn them as Criminals and Terrorists . These advocates also regard the insurgents as opponents of Democracy . A minority of opponents of the war regard the continued presence of the multinational forces in Iraq as constituting an Occupation . Accordingly, they describe the insurgents in positive terms as " Resistance " fighters whose main aim is to expel the foreign forces. {Link without Title} SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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