Iraq Minister Sees Internal Security in 18 Months
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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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The U.S. general in charge of Baghdad  said Tuesday it would be at least another eight months before  the Iraqi capital had enough police, contradicting previous  U.S. claims that numbers were sufficient.  Maj. Gen. Pete Chiarelli, whose 1st Cavalry Division is  responsible for security in Baghdad and its suburbs -- an area  of about six million people -- said there were currently about  15,000 people working for the capital's force.
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Security cannot be truly established in Iraq until the country's own police, armed forces and other security organisations are firmly in place, Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Salih said.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday he will announce the names of the new defense and interior ministers to parliament in three days, ending two weeks of protracted negotiations with Iraq&#039;s fractious political, ethnic and sectarian parties.
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Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al -Maliki on Sunday offered an olive branch to Iraqi insurgents waging war against his government and said he would announce a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle within two weeks.
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Iraq plans to close its borders with Iran and Syria for 72 hours in an attempt to secure the capital, the Iraqi commander in charge of Baghdad's security plan announced Tuesday.
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The government, citing the importance of US ties and the needs of Iraqis, decided Thursday to extend the mission of the Self-Defense Forces in Iraq for one year from Dec. 14.
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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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BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 -- The  relative lull in violence is a promising sign that the Baghdad security plan is off to a good start, the Iraqi prime minister said yesterday, while a top U.S. military official cautioned that it might be a temporary letup as militant organizations assess the new measures and gear up to fight back....
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Ibrahim Jaafari, a former exile and a physician, appears poised to become Iraq's new prime minister.
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The plan calls for Iraqi troops to assume the primary responsibility for security in Baghdad early next year.
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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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Iraq invited officials from Iran, Syria and other neighboring nations to Baghdad next month to discuss the security situation in the country, a government official said Thursday.
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"Currently there are some 445,000 individuals on the payrolls of Iraq's Interior and Defense ministries. Based on recent decisions by Prime Minister Maliki, the number of Iraq security forces will grow further by the end of this year, possibly by as much as 40,000."
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Senior Iraqi ministers will go to Iran   on Tuesday, officials said, possibly paving the way for a first   official visit as prime minister by Nuri al-Maliki to Iraq's   powerful Shi'ite neighbor.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday he may soon be ready to name the two men who will be charged with carrying out his pledge to take over security for Iraq within 18 months.
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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.