Iraqis seek to oust security companies
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government remains determined to expel the Blackwater USA security company and is seeking legal ways to overturn a US-imposed decree that exempts all foreign bodyguards from prosecution under local laws, officials said yesterday.
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The U.S. wants to turn over security to the Iraqis. But that sometimes means ignoring their crimes
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With U.S. control imperiled in Iraq, the military vows to oust the insurgents from their havens. Here's what it will take
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Private security contractors do indispensable work in Iraq, but the muscle-bound showiness associated with these hired guns, and lack of control over them, is drawing criticism.
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Iraq will review the status of all security companies working in the country after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater, the government said on Tuesday.
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If the U.S. hopes to withdraw from Iraq, it needs to succeed in training a police force
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has pressed US Embassy officials in recent meetings to pull the Blackwater USA security firm out of Iraq even before the six-month deadline he initially set, a top aide to the Iraqi leader said yesterday.
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Iraq pledged on Monday to punish foreign security contractors involved in an incident in western Baghdad in which 11 people were killed.
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U.S. and Iraqi security forces launched attacks Thursday to flush out insurgents in northern Iraq, the military and Iraqi officials said.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday told insurgents fighting his government to accept an olive branch or face a security crackdown that will cover "every inch" of Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on former members of Saddam Hussein's disbanded army to join Iraq's new security forces in an effort to restore peace to the war-racked country.
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When the U.S. military looks at Iraq's  40,000-strong National Guard, it sees an exit strategy. What  Iraqis often see instead is an ill-disciplined rabble many  regard as more foe than friend.
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U.S. commanders in Iraq are looking to   Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to give a lead on when security   forces can begin to crack down on party militias blamed for   much current violence, a top general said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents and their informants have been infiltrating US and coalition organizations, Iraqi security units, and political parties in growing numbers, posing a daunting challenge to efforts to defeat the guerrillas and create a stable Iraqi state, according to US military officials, Iraq specialists, and a new study of Iraqi security forces.
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The Iraqi governmentâs authority to bar Blackwater USA, a security company that was involved in the deaths of eight Iraqis, appeared to be in question.
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A militant Iraqi group appealed Sunday to the country's top Sunni Muslim body for an edict on whether the kidnapping of foreigners who work for occupation forces is acceptable under Islam.
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