US Boosts Oversight for Iraq Contractors
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday ordered new measures to improve government oversight of private guards who protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq, including tighter rules of engagement and a board to investigate any future killings.
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Halliburton Co., the biggest US contractor in Iraq, is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine whether the company received special treatment in winning
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Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting involving the US firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said yesterday.
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The US military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops to 150,000 by next month, the largest level since the invasion last year, to provide security for the Iraqi elections
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Frustrated by the pace of rebuilding  in Iraq, the State Department announced on Tuesday it would  switch $3.4 billion in U.S. funds from water and power projects  to boost security, oil output and jobs for Iraqis.
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US officials investigating Iraqi deaths offered Blackwater guards at the centre of the case immunity, say reports.
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With its authority in Iraq set to expire, the Bush administration will also seek to guarantee civilian contractors specific legal protections from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials.
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Washington has said it will join Baghdad in a full investigation into missing machinery from Iraq&#39;s nuclear facilities, and Iraq&#39;s science minister has invited UN inspectors to the country.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that his concerns over insufficient oversight of private security firms in Iraq led him this week to dispatch a team to the country to investigate the issue, while also instructing commanders to tighten their controls over the armed guards.
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Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting incident involving the U.S. firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
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US forces stepped up security measures at bases across Iraq on Thursday after concluding that a suicide bomber, probably in Iraqi military uniform, was behind Tuesday&#39;s blast at a military base in Mosul.
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Incoming US Gen. Jeffery Hammond plans to add US-Iraqi command outposts.
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Bush administration's top officials in Iraq tell Congress that the president's new war strategy has brought political and military gains.
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With its authority in Iraq set to expire, the Bush administration will also seek to guarantee civilian contractors immunity from Iraqi law, according to administration and military officials.
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Iraq&#39;s US-backed government is beefing up road security to protect fuel trucks heading to Baghdad after attacks by insurgents crippled the capital&#39;s oil supplies, the oil minister said on Saturday.
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The United States has welcomed a decision by Britain to deploy more than 800 troops to the US-controlled sector around Baghdad. The move is intended to free US forces to tackle insurgents in other parts of
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The United States is seeking new  ways to speed up reconstruction in Iraq, from changing  procurement rules to using more local contractors, as it tries  to stabilize the chaotic country before elections in January.