Iraq military handover delayed
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The handover of control of Iraqi armed forces from the US-led coalition to the defence ministry is postponed again.
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US military commanders are delaying the departure of 10,400 troops from Iraq and deploying another 1,500 Army paratroopers ahead of the planned January elections there, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
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(Al Asad Air Base, Iraq-AP) Oct. 10, 2004 - For troops in Iraq, a possible homecoming depends on what happens after January elections.
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Some of Iraq's most powerful political groups called for a six-month delay in elections, citing concerns over security.
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BASRA, Iraq Aug. 30, 2004 - Senior Iraqi oil officials said Monday that crude exports from the southern port of Basra were halted and would be delayed for perhaps a week because of attacks on pipelines.
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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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A Venezuelan operation to collect three hostages due to be freed in Colombia by Farc rebels is delayed.
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The planned handover by Nigeria to Cameroon of the disputed region of Bakassi looks certain to be delayed.
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The fate of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan hung in the balance as a deadline approached to hand her over to a group led by Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless British troops left Iraq.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed by continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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The final extra U.S. brigade in a security crackdown to prevent all-out civil war in Iraq is unlikely to be fully operational for up to two months, the U.S. military's top spokesman in Iraq said on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunni Muslim politicians in Iraq are asking the government to postpone the January national election. A former foreign minister said a delay could give political leaders time to persuade Sunni
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The release of two French journalists held in Iraq since August was delayed Friday when a group of Iraqis transporting them was bombarded by U.S. forces, an aide to a French MP aiming to help free them said.
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A U.S. general warned Saturday that increased Sunni attacks in a province extremists call the center of their Islamic state in Iraq may delay plans to hand it over to Iraqi troops by the end of the year.
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Saudi Arabia has delayed by more  than a week the transfer of long-held accused enemy combatant  Yaser Hamdi from the United States due to worries about his  release deal, U.S. officials said on Friday.
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The U.S. military is delaying the   departure of thousands of soldiers from Iraq while speeding the   arrival of thousands more as a way to keep more troops on the   ground to handle unrelenting violence, the Pentagon said on   Monday.
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It will be 12 to 18 months before the Iraqi Army can start taking over from U.S. forces, an independent commission said.