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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Iraq said on Monday no action would be taken against U.S. private security firm Blackwater over a shooting in which 11 people were killed until after a joint investigation with U.S. officials.
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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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Iraqâs second-largest city is now without foreign forces for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
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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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Legal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried.
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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, the chief U.S. weapons  inspector said on Wednesday, contrary to prewar assertions of  the Bush administration.
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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 said Sunday.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told lawmakers Monday that Iraqi forces were not ready to take over security from the U.S. military across the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suggested on Wednesday the U.S. embassy stop using American security firm Blackwater after a deadly shooting and said he would not allow Iraqis to be killed in "cold blood".
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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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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's national security adviser expressed doubt yesterday that Iraqi forces will be able to assume security control of the whole country by the end of the year, a goal of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government.
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Iraq's army and police could be ready to take over security in all 18 provinces by the end of this year as the U.S. military moves toward a less prominent role in the country, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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American money has helped maintain security in Iraq, but now budgetary constraints are slowing the flow of cash
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister has made security his top priority, but violence is so pervasive that it may take months &amp;#151; if not years &amp;#151; before he keep that promise without help from American troops.
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Blackwater USA, the private security company involved in a Baghdad shootout last weekend, operated under State Department authority that exempted the company from U.S. military regulations governing other security firms, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials and industry representatives.
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The United States has barred diplomatic convoys from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after a shooting involving the Blackwater security firm that drew protests from Iraq and prompted investigations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.