Iraq multinational force will remain at current strength at leastunt
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The Polish-led multinational force in Iraq will remain at its current strength of 6,500 until at least after national elections planned there in January, member nations agreed at a conference in Warsaw, an ...
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Both Iraqi unity and global engagement may get a boost.
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Iraq can hold credible polls on time despite relentless bombings and kidnappings by anti-U.S. insurgents bent on derailing the political process, the top U.N. elections expert in the country said Monday.
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Poland will keep its soldiers in Iraq at least through the end of the year, when the U.N. mandate for foreign troops expires, the country's defense minister said Friday.
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Iraq&#39;s government has the capacity to proceed with a basic economic program, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, even as authorities struggle to contain violence before elections set for January.
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A report by an independent commission says that it will be at least 12 to 18 months before Iraqâs army and police can take charge of the countryâs security.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday his top officials in Iraq had told him the present level of security could be maintained with fewer forces if what he called current successes continued.
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Iraq's security forces could take over fully from foreign troops within 18 months, the  interior minister says.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States may be able to reduce its combat forces in Iraq by next spring if Iraq's own security forces continue to grow and improve, a senior American commander said yesterday.
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Washington -- The US force in Iraq is about to expand to its highest level of the war. The Pentagon says the force of 138,000 today will swell to about 150,000 by the middle of next month.
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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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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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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously renewed the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq through the end of 2007, granting a request from the Baghdad government.
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Despite growing doubts, most Americans still support keeping U.S. military troops in Iraq until the country is stabilized, according to polls released Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday shrugged off US doubts about his government's military and political progress, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can leave "any time they want."
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Key figures about Iraq since the war began in March 2003
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ELEANOR HALL: The United States Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has said today that he expects US forces to remain in Iraq for at least another four years.