Iraq sees "security vacuum" without Blackwater
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Iraq will not rush to expel U.S. firm Blackwater, under investigation over a shooting which killed 11 Iraqis, because it would leave a "security vacuum" in Baghdad, a government official said on Sunday.
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Iraqi security forces are now capable of policing the entire south of their country without British help, senior defence and Foreign Office officials said yesterday
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WASHINGTON, October 7 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Iraq had possessed no weapons of mass destruction before the US-British invasion of the oil-rich country, a new official report by American inspectors has concluded.
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The Iraq war has done little to increase security across the world or halt the activities of international terrorists, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.
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Iraq had no stockpiles of biological  and chemical weapons before last year's U.S.-led invasion and  its nuclear program had decayed since the 1991 Gulf War, a  weapons inspector appointed by the Bush administration said on  Wednesday.
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The United States may be able to reduce its troop levels in Iraq after the January elections if security improves and Iraqi government
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Polish troops used no tanks or other tracked vehicles in the ancient city of Babylon, but the presence of foreign troops had a "negative influence" on the site, a spokesman for the Polish-led force in Iraq said ...
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Iraq's president forecast on Tuesday   that British troops could go home by the end of next year but,   on another day of killings, Britain's visiting foreign minister   cautioned against leaving a "security vacuum."
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U.S. civilian officials have been barred from road travel in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone because of possible attacks after a deadly shooting involving American security firm Blackwater.
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Violence in Iraq is down, but Iraq needs to take advantage of that.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 17 -- The Iraqi government said today it had revoked the license of Blackwater USA, a private security company that guards U.S. Embassy personnel in Iraq, following a shootout in downtown Baghdad on Sunday that left at least nine people dead.
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Iraq's prime minister Monday touted his government's efforts in thwarting "sectarian war" and acknowledged that Iraqi troops are not yet ready to fully take over security duties from the U.S.-led coalition.
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Legal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried.
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The U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Thursday he currently saw no immediate need to request more U.S. troops other those already announced.
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Cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq will not derail recent security gains, but the Iraqi government must move quicker to take advantage of the falls in violence, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.
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Iraq will review the status of all security companies working in the country after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater, the government said on Tuesday.
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The top American general in Iraq said   on Wednesday he foresaw Iraq assuming control of its own   security within 12 to 18 months with "very little" support from   U.S.-led forces.