Iraqi forces 'ready by mid-2007'
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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki says Iraq's forces will be ready to assume security control of the country in June 2007.
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U.S. forces said on Friday they could hand over security in the vast Western province of Anbar to Iraqi forces as soon as March or April, after a remarkable turnaround of security in the one-time insurgent stronghold.
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Most U.S. troops can be withdrawn safely from Iraq in roughly one year and the Bush administration should begin planning the pullout immediately, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Army Gen. John P. Abizaid raised the possibility that forces in Iraq could start to be reshaped as early as next year to reduce the number of combat troops and concentrate on the development of Iraqi security forces.
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Pentagon figures show that the training of Iraqi military and police units has improved since the summer but that those forces will not be prepared to undertake security missions on their own until late 2006 at the earliest, according to a study released yesterday by the Center for Strategic &#38; International Studies.
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Some 7,000 UK troops are currently serving in Iraq Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to announce a timetable for the withdrawal of UK troops from Iraq.Comment
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani estimated that the Iraqi army will be in a position to take over from the Americans at the end of 2008, and rejected calls by Democrats for the United States to start withdrawing troops and turning over responsibility to the Iraqis within weeks.
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ADELPHI, Md. - It will take three to five years before Iraq's government is stable enough to operate on its own, according to the former commander of US forces in the Middle East, who said the surge of American forces has not solved the country's broader problems.
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Iraq's interior minister told British television Sunday he expected U.S. and other foreign forces to leave his country within 18 months.
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US commanders originally thought only 5,000 troops would be in Iraq by the end of 2006, documents show.
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Iraq's interim Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said Monday he believed Iraq could establish full control of its internal security and borders within 18 months.
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British troops are likely to be based in southern Iraq for the foreseeable future, army commander says.
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WASHINGTON - Iraq's security forces have made "uneven progress" and will be unable to take over security on their own in the next 12 to 18 months, according to an independent assessment.
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The U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq are preparing to set a timetable for gradually handing over security authority to Iraqi forces, Prime Minister Tony Blair says in an interview published Wednesday.
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Iraq's army, despite measurable progress, will be unable to take over internal security from U.S. forces in the next 12 to 18 months and "cannot yet meaningfully contribute to denying terrorists safe haven," according to a report on the Iraqi security forces published today.
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Iraq is ready to take over security in the entire southern province of Basra from the British military, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told visiting Defence Secretary Des Browne on Wednesday.
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Iraq's security forces will not be able to take over from US troops within the next 18 months, a new report finds.