Iraqi government to extend cash-for-weapons program
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BAGHDAD -- Ayad Allawi, Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister announced plans yesterday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City to cities countrywide in an attempt to disarm the country.
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The Iraqi government will give Shi'ite  militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace  agreement, National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said on  Sunday.
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The Bush administration,  facing  mounting violence in Iraq and demands for upgraded equipment,  is assembling a funding package for operations in Iraq and  Afghanistan that could surge beyond earlier estimates to as  much as $75 billion to $100 billion, congressional sources and  experts said on Thursday.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq for one year, a move that Iraq's prime minister said would be his nation's "final request" for help.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad -- including Shi'ite militia strongholds -- the Defense Ministry said yesterday, a day after a barrage of coordinated attacks across those areas killed 64 people and wounded 286.
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Iraq would seek an extension of the U.N. mandate authorizing U.S.-led forces on its soil if it cannot reach a bilateral deal with the United States by the end of the year, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad  Allawi said on Thursday he had extended for 30 days emergency  laws that give his government special powers to crack down on  insurgents trying to derail Jan. 30 elections.
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Japan&#39;s junior ruling coalition partner backed extending the country&#39;s troop dispatch to Iraq for another year after authorization for the current mission expires Dec. 14.
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30 elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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Poland will provide the Iraqi army with weapons and equipment worth 236 million dollars, including helicopters and small arms, and train Iraqis to use them, officials said Wednesday.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said his government will expand training of Iraqi military staff and civilian personnel, stepping up its efforts to help restore stability in the war-torn country.
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Serial numbers on pistols and other weapons in Turkey match those originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military.
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The Iraqi government has given Shi&#39;ite militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace agreement. National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said the Iraqi interim government will commit more than
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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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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday he will roll out an arms-for-cash programme across the country to clean up the streets ahead of elections promised by January, and pledged an urgent aid package for the battle-scarred city of
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Japan&#39;s defence chief has signalled that the country&#39;s troops could extend their humanitarian mission to Iraq beyond an initial December 14 deadline, possibly for another year.
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The current one-year deployment of Japanese troops in Iraq will be extended by another year if the security situation there does not deteriorate further, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.