Think tank: Iraqi forces need 5 years
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It could be five years before Iraqi forces can guarantee security and allow US-led coalition troops to wind down their role, a leading think tank said Tuesday.
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Fewer Iraqi security forces will be  fully trained by the end of this year than cited by President  Bush and it will take until July 2006 to fully train the police  force, according to Pentagon documents.
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ADELPHI, Md. - It will take three to five years before Iraq's government is stable enough to operate on its own, according to the former commander of US forces in the Middle East, who said the surge of American forces has not solved the country's broader problems.
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In a report to be released Sunday, a panel of experts assembled by the U.S. Institute of Peace calls for a 50 percent reduction in U.S. forces in Iraq within three years and a total withdrawal and handover of security to the Iraqi military in five years.
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The United States will maintain its   enlarged force in Iraq at current levels until at least mid   -2007, the top U.S. general in the Middle East said on Tuesday,   as Washington scrambles to prevent all-out sectarian war.
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BAGHDAD -- U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years.
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U.S. military commanders said Friday the troop buildup in Iraq must be maintained until at least next summer and they may need as long as two years to ensure parts of the country are stable.
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The Iraqi government will give Shi'ite  militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace  agreement, National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said on  Sunday.
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Members of the Black Watch regiment may have to remain in Iraq for longer than had been hoped, it is confirmed.
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Boosting U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 would create major logistical hurdles for the Army and Marine Corps, which are short thousands of vehicles, armor kits and other equipment needed to supply the extra forces, U.S. officials said.
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Iraqi forces will not be ready to assume full responsibility for their nation's security for years, and the U.S. military should be cautious in planning to reduce its 157,000-strong force in Iraq given past setbacks, the American general in charge of the teams that advise Iraqi forces warned...
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Iraq, the United Nations and foreign  donors met on Sunday to prepare a road map for the  reconstruction of Iraq and try to make the country economically  self-sufficient within five years.
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Three years into the war, Iraqi security forces are still unable to operate independently of U.S.-led foreign forces, the general in charge of training them said Tuesday.
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An influential Republican senator calls for some 5,000 US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the year's end.
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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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Our position is: More US troops are needed to serve until the election, but Iraq must eventually handle its own security. The Pentagon&#39;s announcement that deployments are being extended for more than 10,000
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The Iraqi government has given Shiite militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace agreement. National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said the Iraqi interim government will commit more than