The International Herald Tribune reports:
"Defense Secretary Robert Gates landed here [in Iraq] Monday to meet Iraqi officials and preside over Tuesday's change-of-command ceremony as Lieutenant General Raymond Odierno takes over from General David Petraeus as the senior American officer in Iraq.
Gates's unannounced visit coincided with at least three explosions — one at a Ramadan feast in Diyala Province and two in central Baghdad — that killed at least 32 people."
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