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Talabani meets US and UK ambassadors on handover anniversary

(28 Jun 2005) 1. Various of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani with British Ambassador William Patey and US Deputy Ambassador David Satterfield 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Patey, British ambassador to Iraq: ''It is an opportunity to look forward and to discuss the future of Iraq and to mark this milestone. It is the first anniversary of a particular milestone in the history of new Iraq." 3. Cutaway cameraman 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Satterfield, US Deputy ambassador to Iraq: ''We are optimistic of the future of this great country. We have every confidence that in the year ahead, the Iraqi people through constitution, through free elections, we will be able to take further steps forward to take the place in this region and in world as a model of a state that has overcome tyranny and moved forward into democracy, freedom and respect for human rights and we applaud the people of Iraq today.'' 5. Exterior of building 6. Podium 7. Iraqi flag 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jalal Talabani, Iraqi president: ''This is a blessed day, it is the anniversary of the regaining of our independence and national sovereignty in accordance with UN Security Council resolution number 1546. Thus, Iraq has regained its independence and sovereignty. The process of independence has actually started after landmark elections, the first in the history of Iraq." 9. Presidential seal STORYLINE: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met British and US diplomats on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the transfer of power to Iraqis on June 28, 2004. Speaking after the meeting, the country's first Kurdish president described as being "blessed" despite the violence wracking most of his country. Earlier in the day, a suicide car bomb killed an Iraqi Shiite legislator and three others near Baghdad as they were headed to parliament, an attack likely to further fuel tensions between the minority Sunni Arabs and the country's Shiite majority. There have been positive developments in the year since the June 28, 2004 handover, the most notable being the election of the 275-member National Assembly on Jan. 30, Iraq's first free vote in a half-century. The assembly appointed the rest of the government the following month. Smaller gains have been made as well. The number of telephone and Internet subscribers has increased nearly threefold, according to the Washington-based Brookings Institution, and the number of trained Iraqi judges has doubled. However, the insurgency - estimated at about 16,000 Iraqi militants and foreign fighters - has drastically overshadowed the improvements and created havoc around the country. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...