Baghdad eager for new security plan
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Baghdad has been waiting for a month now &#151; waiting through a series of devastating bombings, through hundreds more deaths &#151; for the start of a third U.S.-Iraq security drive to stanch the sectarian bloodshed.
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Security will be increased at Baghdad's mosques and other holy sites ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday that begins Wednesday, an Iraqi official said.
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Authorities in the Iraqi capital Baghdad lift a curfew imposed after intelligence revealed a planned series of attacks.
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The US steps up security in Baghdad after bombs kill 10 people inside the city's heavily-fortified Green Zone.
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Iraq's government plans to encircle Baghdad with trenches to boost security, as dozens more bodies are found.
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The new push by U.S. and Iraqi forces to reverse a rising tide of violence in Baghdad will target four violent "hotspots" in the city, the American general in charge of the plan said Saturday.
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister promised Sunday to use &quot;maximum force&quot; if necessary to end the brutal insurgent and sectarian violence wracking the country, while a suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad.
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President Bush said Tuesday that a plan to bolster Iraqi security forces in Baghdad will better address the violence there as he pledged to be a "strong partner" with Iraq's new democratic government.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.
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Reviving the city's old industrial district is key to making sure al Qaeda stays out. But does the populace -- and the Baghdad government -- have the will to do so?
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In an effort to restore security in Baghdad, the U.S. military plans to move at least three more battalions of American soldiers into the Iraqi capital, a senior Pentagon official said.
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A reconnaissance team is to visit the area around Baghdad where UK forces could be sent to provide US back-up.
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Iraqi military officials expressed hope Sunday that security gains from a yearlong crackdown against extremists will allow the removal of thousands of concrete barriers in six months that protect Baghdad residents from bomb attacks.
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Shiite militia leaders already appear to be leaving their strongholds in Baghdad in anticipation of the U.S. and Iraqi plan to increase the troop presence in the Iraqi capital, according to the top U.S. commander in the country.
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Plan would bring peace to a Baghdad district that has been a battleground for armored U.S. forces and militia loyal to Sadr.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered Iraq's military commanders on Tuesday to speed up preparations for a U.S.-backed crackdown in Baghdad after a string of attacks killed hundreds of people in recent days.
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Though many Iraqis say they have seen positive steps, the security plan is being judged along sectarian lines.