Iraq to Close Borders Next Week to Thwart Attacks
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Iraq will seal its borders next week to  prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into the country, the  government said Thursday, in the latest emergency measure  intended to thwart insurgent violence.
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The United States plans to impose sanctions, most likely this week, on an Iranian Qods force member for stoking violence in Iraq as well as on several Iraqi exiles in Syria and Iran, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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The US military says it plans to build a base near the Iraq-Iran border to curb the arms flow to militants.
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The government said Wednesday it would ban travel between provinces and extend the hours of a curfew as part of heightened security before Iraq's weekend elections.
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Thursday's developments in Iraq:
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Iraqi and U.S. forces are planning elaborate tactics to protect polling stations from suicide car bombers expected to launch a wave of attacks on the Jan. 30 elections.
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Iraq on Tuesday pledged to crack down on Kurdish separatists carrying out attacks on Turkey from hideouts in the mountains of northern Iraq in a bid to avert a Turkish military incursion onto its territory to hit the rebels.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces on Monday were preparing to launch a major security crackdown in Baghdad to curb sectarian bloodshed as a wave of bombings pushed the country's death toll to more than 1,000 in seven days.
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Iraq will seal its borders next week to prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into the country, the government said Thursday, in the latest emergency measure intended to thwart insurgent violence.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Iraq will ask Iran and  Turkey for border security arrangements to keep foreign  militants out, similar to measures already agreed with Syria,  the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Monday.
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The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.
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The violence occurred on a day when Iraqi officials announced a plan to take over operational command of IraqÂs army from the U.S. next week.
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Tighter security measures designed to stop suspected terrorists, sexual predators and other types of criminals at the nation's borders will begin next month, federal officials announced Thursday.
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Iraq's government worked to come up with new security measures on Sunday as it prepared to lift a curfew imposed after car bombs killed more than 200 people on Thursday, sparking fears of outright civil war.
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Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari urged Iraq's neighbors Sunday to prevent "terrorists and killers" from crossing into his country and warned that the violence in Iraq could spill across its borders into other nations.
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Iraq's interim government declared a  state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence  gripping the country ahead of January elections.
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US officials say Syria has agreed to tighten its border with Iraq to prevent insurgents from entering the country. The State Department says Syria agreed to coordinate with Iraqi and multinational forces.