Iraq PM says security forces control holy city
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Iraq's prime minister flew to the holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday and declared order had been restored after gunbattles among Shi'ite factions killed 52 people and forced hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to flee.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his government had stopped Iraq sliding into civil war and said violence in and around Baghdad had plunged under a U.S.-backed security crackdown.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops took control of government and police buildings in Samarra early on Friday after insurgents had undermined security in the Iraqi city, the U.S. military said.
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Iraq will be ready to take over security from U.S. forces "any time" they decide to withdraw, although its police and army still need more training, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in remarks over the weekend.
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister promised Sunday to use &quot;maximum force&quot; if necessary to end the brutal insurgent and sectarian violence wracking the country, while a suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad.
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Najaf - Religious authorities in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf will be responsible for security at a shrine that is at the centre of a Shi&#39;a rebellion, a top adviser to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday he believed Iraqi forces were capable of taking over security around the country within 18 months, but he did not mention a timetable for U.S.-led coalition forces to leave.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s prime minister says his forces &quot;will not be lenient&quot; in a crackdown on Fallujah if the city doesn&#39;t turn over a notorious Jordanian militant.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s leader says there is now one less militant group operating in his country. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (EE&#39;-yahd ah-LAH&#39;-wee) says key members of a group called Mohammed&#39;s Army are under
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has ordered an investigation into last week's U.S.-Iraqi raid of a major Sunni Muslim mosque in Baghdad, his office said Monday.
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Gunmen still patrol the centre of Iraq's holy city of Najaf  after 16 days of fighting and delicate talks.
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says his government has &quot;new plans&quot; to crush the country&#39;s insurgency and restore security.
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Iraq&#39;s prime minister said today mistakes were made during a raid on a Baghdad mosque last week that sparked a surge in violence in the capital, and he had ordered an investigation.
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A powerful Shi'ite Muslim leader in Iraq called on Friday for U.S.-backed, mainly Sunni neighborhood patrols to be brought under tight government control with a more balanced sectarian makeup.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday told President Bush he aimed to improve security in Baghdad by targeting "all sources of violence", including insurgents and militias, a White House spokesman said.
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The Iraqi prime minister says there has been a big reduction in violence since the security plan launched.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other high ranking officials sought to reassure Iraqis after Fridayâs pet market bombings.