Iraq says U.S.-backed patrols can't be "third force"
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The Iraqi government will not tolerate U.S.-backed neighborhood patrols turning into a "third force" alongside the army and the police, Defense Minister General Abdel Qader Jassim said on Saturday.
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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US commander of operations north of Baghdad says Iraqi forces are unable hold areas taken from insurgents.
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The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad warned on Monday against pulling American troops from Iraq too quickly, saying Iraqi security forces are not ready to assume responsibility.
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Iraq&#39;s top general on Sunday rejected President Bush&#39;s criticism that some Iraqi government troops were unwilling to fight insurgents
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U.S. troops staged a series of raids in Mosul and other areas of northern and central Iraq on Sunday, arresting dozens, even as a top American official conceded U.S. and Iraqi forces cannot stop "extraordinary" intimidation by insurgents.
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Iraqi security forces should be in a position to take control of 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces by year's end, although they will not be ready to fight on their own for some time, a top U.S. general said on Sunday.
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A statement from the US-led military coalition in Iraq said interviews are going on but troops who refused convoy duty are not in custody.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that the Iraqi army and police are capable of keeping security in the country when American troops leave "any time they want," though he acknowledged the forces need further weapons and training.
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The new commander of U.S. troops in Iraq has warned that military force alone will not be enough to quell the country's violent insurgency.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces cannot solve the problem of violence in Iraq without political action and reconciliation with some militant groups, the U.S. commander in Iraq said on Thursday.
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American military commanders now seriously doubt that Iraqi security forces will be able to hold the ground that U.S. troops are fighting to clear &#151; gloomy predictions that strike at the heart of Washington's key strategy to turn the tide in Iraq.
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Maintaining security in Diyala province north of Baghdad will be impossible if U.S. troops are withdrawn from Iraq, according to a U.S. senior ground commander there.
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A senior American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that U.S.-led military operations are "stifling" the insurgency in western Anbar province but are not strong enough to defeat it.
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Gunmen and bombers launched three attacks on U.S.-backed neighborhood security patrols in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least three of the patrol members and wounding 17.
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A State Department briefing chart dated Sept. 22 indicates the Iraqi border guard force being trained and equipped by the United States still lacks needed weapons, vehicles, body armor and communications equipment.
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A platoon in Iraq is being investigated for allegedly refusing to carry out a convoy mission its members deemed too dangerous, Army officials said Friday.